Colutea arborescens, from Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns
- Title:
- Colutea arborescens, from Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
Landscape and the Environment - Creator:
- Atkins, Anna
Dixon, Anne
- Creation Date:
- 1851-1854
- ID Number:
- 2004
- File Name:
- 2004.016.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- cyanotypes (photographic prints)
- Subject:
- Science
botany
Collecting and classifying nature - Measurement:
- 48 x 37.5 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Bright blue background with light grey imprint of a single stem of Common Bladder Senna. The stem is cut off near the bottom of the frame, and has many smaller branches of alternate, heart-shaped leaves. Near the top of the stem and frame are some blossoms, and near the bottom of the stem are some larger leaves.
- Notes:
- Single cyanotype, originally from an album created by Atkins and Dixon.
- Cite As:
- Anna Atkins (British, 1799 –1871) and Anne Dixon (British, 1799 – 1877), Colutea arborescens, from Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns, 1851–1854. Cyanotype. Image: 14 × 9 7/16 in. (35.6 × 24 cm); mount: 18 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (48 × 37.5 cm). Acquired through the David M. Solinger, Class of 1926, Endowment, 2004.016.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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