Photographic historian Dr Rose Teanby FRPS, discusses the binding and photographic significance of the Linnean Society's three precious Anna Atkins Cyanotype volumes. The blog post also coincides with the Linnean Society's three Atkins volumes being on display at their home in Burlington House, London.
The exhibition Still Life ranges from carved woodblocks of the early modern period to the new technique of X-Rays in the twentieth century, the exhibition Still Life reveals how different methods of representing nature have furthered our understanding and knowledge of the natural world.
The exhibition showcases manuscripts, rare books, specimens, and rare books from our collections that indicate the many techniques that have been used to depict nature in the last five centuries: woodcuts, engravings, drawings, paintings, nature printing, dried specimens, photographs, X-rays, and finally digital art.
Read the blog post here: https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/12/05/a-secret-treasure-anna-atkinss-photographs-of-british-algae
Still Life
London, Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly
Tuesdays to Fridays, 10.00–17.00 until Friday 28 February 2025
See exhibition details here: https://www.linnean.org/research-collections/on-display/still-life-depicting-nature-from-woodcuts-to-x-rayshttps://www.linnean.org/research-collections/on-display
Thanks to Rose Teanby for flagging these.
Images: (top) Part of the display of three volumes of Anna Atkin's cyanotypes. (left, foreground) one print from Mrs Glaisher's British Ferns c.1855.
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