{"product_id":"anna-atkins-anne-dixon-achrosticum-simplex-1853-framed-giclee-print","title":"Anna Atkins \u0026 Anne Dixon – Achrosticum simplex, 1853 | Framed Giclée Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo blades on two curving stalks, and nothing else. \u003cem\u003eAchrosticum simplex\u003c\/em\u003e is a fern whose leaf is not divided at all — no pinnules, no lace, no branching. On the sheet it reads as two brushstrokes, which is why this is the quietest plate in the album and the one that looks least like 1853.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Atkins made her images without a camera. She laid the dried plant on paper coated with iron salts, exposed it to daylight and rinsed it in water. What the plant covered stayed white; everything else turned Prussian blue. She had already done this several thousand times for \u003cem\u003ePhotographs of British Algae\u003c\/em\u003e (1843–1853), the first book in history illustrated with photographs. This sheet comes from what followed: \u003cem\u003eCyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns\u003c\/em\u003e, 1853, made with her friend Anne Dixon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat this is.\u003c\/strong\u003e A giclée reproduction of a cyanotype, printed with pigment inks. It is not a cyanotype and is not sold as one — a real cyanotype is a unique object made in sunlight, and these are in museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOriginal, as the Getty catalogues it: image 25.4 × 19.4 cm \/ 10.0 × 7.6 in — The J. Paul Getty Museum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e40 × 50 cm \/ 15.7 × 19.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — Enlarged, 1.56× original\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Atkins (1799–1871) and Anne Dixon (1799–1864), \u003cem\u003eAchrosticum simplex, Jamaica\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eCyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns\u003c\/em\u003e, 1853; cyanotype, 25.4 × 19.4 cm.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere this comes from\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe museum file, the measurements, and what we are allowed to sell: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sheet-record-achrosticum-simplex\"\u003ethe record for this sheet\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe frame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nGiclée on 200 gsm FSC-certified fine art paper, twelve pigment inks, white border. Slim black aluminium frame, glazed with clear plexiglass instead of glass, so it travels safely. Print and frame ship together in one package and are assembled on arrival. Part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hotel-collection\"\u003eHotel Collection\u003c\/a\u003e — volume pricing from ten pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museartis","offers":[{"title":"40x50 cm \/ 16x20″","offer_id":65970782830941,"sku":"4c12b397-8418-44df-a47e-280d1d0422fd","price":139.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1102\/7139\/8237\/files\/a81ad742-5ac7-4dfc-8f50-acd943514a2d.webp?v=1789910732","url":"https:\/\/museartis.com\/products\/anna-atkins-anne-dixon-achrosticum-simplex-1853-framed-giclee-print","provider":"Museartis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}