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2"W × 2"H

every surface carved into an interlocking pattern of leaves and flowers — each one individually worked with a precision that speaks to a deep and patient hand

and greens against a crackled cream ground

Cyanotypes Anna Atkins pinched glass vanity flacon the kind of aging thatThe book documents her pioneering photographic studies of fern specimens, rendered in the distinctive prussian blue of the cyanotype process. Atkins worked in the 1840s, when photography was still nascent her methodical archive predates nearly all comparable scientific documentation. 10"L 3"W 12. 5"H