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4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Lastrea Spinulosa
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.

Lastrea Spinulosa

Artist Anna Atkins (English, 1799 - 1871)
CultureEnglish
Date1851-54
MediumCyanotype
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (33.7 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 18 15/16 × 14 13/16 in. (48.1 × 37.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedThe name of the botanical specimen is written in Atkins' hand.
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Fund
Object number92.34
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis image was made by placing the actual fern on the surface of the photographic paper and exposing it to light. The work is mounted on its original board.

Label TextAnna Atkins English, 1799–1871 Lastrea Spinulosa, 1851–54 Cyanotype (contact print) Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 92.34 Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years of Photography at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994; and "L'invention d'un regard (1839-1918)," Organized by the Musee d'Orsay/Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, October 2 - December 31, 1989. "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25,1996 - March 2, 1997 "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesL'INVENTION D'UN REGARD (1839-1918). Paris: Musee d'Orsay/Bibliotheque Nationale, 1989. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 100, fig. 118. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
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