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Anna Atkins

Anna Atkins

1799–1871

WA-00021429

Halstead Place

Photography

Representation

None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

175

Works in Collection

198

Assets Indexed

2

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70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ264269

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (175)

Asplenium marinum

Asplenium marinum

1854 · cyanotype on paper

height: 247 cm, width: 193 cm

Lycopodium Ceylon

Lycopodium Ceylon

1854 · cyanotype on paper

width: 203 cm, height: 258 cm

Aspidium Lobatium

Aspidium Lobatium

1853 · Cyanotype (photogram)

12 3/4 × 8 5/8" (32.4 × 21.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pteris Rotundifolia (Jamaica) from the album Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Plants and Ferns

Pteris Rotundifolia (Jamaica) from the album Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Plants and Ferns

1853 · Cyanotype (photogram)

10 1/16 × 7 15/16" (25.5 × 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Polypodium Phegopteris

Polypodium Phegopteris

1853 · Cyanotype

12 3/4 × 8 5/8" (32.4 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Addertong

1853 · cyanotype on paper

width: 200 cm, height: 258 cm

Scolopendrium Vulgare

Scolopendrium Vulgare

1852 · cyanotype

Image: 33.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 in.); Paper: 48.3 x 37.5 cm (19 x 14 3/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Callithamnion Hookeri, var.

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Codium tomentosum

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Batrachospermum alpestre

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Dedication Page 1]

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sporochnius rhizodes ß paracloxa

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Dedication Page 2]

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Polysiphonia violacea

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Porphyra laciniata, var: umbilicus on "Chondrus crispus"

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vaucheria cæspitosa

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lyngbya Carmichælii

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vaucheria racemosa

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rivularia nitida

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Schizonema Wyattiæ

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Polysiphonia byssoides

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dictyota atomaria

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ptilota plumosa

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1851 · Cyanotype

Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

175 published of 175 catalogued · 19 with image

The Met
163 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
MoMA
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
Nga
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Photographs of British Algae. Cyanotype Impressions
1843 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Zeewier
1843 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Asplenium marinum
1854 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Addertong
1853 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Lycopodium Ceylon
1854 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Alaria esculenta
1843 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Scolopendrium Vulgare
1852 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

13 assets

Fig Tree (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fig Tree (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Asperococcus pusillus (c. 1843 - c. 1853)

Rijksmuseum

Alaria esculenta (c. 1843 - c. 1853)

Rijksmuseum

Zeewier (c. 1843 - c. 1853)

Rijksmuseum

Photographs of British Algae. Cyanotype Impressions (1843 - 1853)

Rijksmuseum

Lycopodium Ceylon (ca. 1854)

Rijksmuseum

Addertong (1853 - 1854)

Rijksmuseum

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Christie's

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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