Anna Atkins, “ Alaria esculenta,” from Part XII of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1849-50), cyanotype (courtesy Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and ...
Anna Atkins is getting some special recognition on the Google home page today, 216 years after her date of birth. The blue Google Doodle showcases leaves imprinted on a blue back drop. That was Anna's ...