Anna Atkins was a 19th-century botanist turned photographer who used photographic techniques to record plant specimens. Her publication "British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions" was one of the first uses of light-sensitive materials to illustrate a book. Swipe to see six other cyanotypes that were all made in 1854 and added to the same album by Anna Atkins as a gift to her collaborator Anne Dixon. The album was dismantled into individual sheets after it was sold at an auction in 1981. Getty's photography collection was founded 3 years later, and happily, these seven were reunited. #GettyMuseum #Photography #Provenance #ArtHistory #Cyanotype #Art