2021.11.30

Science in Images

Anna Atkins, born in England in 1799, was perhaps an unlikely photography pioneer— she was an amateur botanist, one of a select set of hobbies

Chordaria flagelliformis. Spencer Collection, New York Public Library

Chordaria flagelliformis. Spencer Collection, New York Public Library

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