Dandelion
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Dandelion
Cyanotype by Anna Atkins (1799-1871)
England, c.1854
This print is of probably the first photographic portrait of a dandelion. It could even be called a self-portrait, in that the dandelion was placed on light sensitive paper and imprinted its own image under the rays of the sun, without the use of a camera. It comes from Atkins's finest album, which she presented to her friend and co-photographer Anne Dixon in 1854.
Custom printed on semi-gloss 250gsm premium lustre photo satin paper.
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We use fine art paper sourced from UK paper mills for our prints. The paper type has been chosen to best suit the original artwork, selected among one of the following:
• 300gsm textured fine art paper for paintings and illustrations;
• Semi-gloss 250gsm premium lustre photo satin paper for photographic reproductions;
• 280gsm smooth matte fine art paper for images of objects.
Each artwork is giclée printed using archival quality inks.
Acid free, extra thick smooth white mount board with a white core.
We use 90% UV-protected acrylic glazing for safety and longevity. Cast acrylic is a high-quality material, offering many benefits including 92% optical clarity. It protects prints from light damage and bleaching and is also shatter-resistant, making it much safer than glass in your home or workplace, and it is lighter weight for easier, safer hanging.
Framed by hand in Sussex by skilled craftsmen using responsibly sourced materials, every frame is made to order with solid ash and is supplied ready to hang. In every framed order, we include the right strap hangers, metal D-rings, and wall plugs so you can decorate your walls the moment your prints arrive.
The finished product has a taped eco-friendly backing board, made with 61% recycled content and 100% recyclable.
Each print is carefully packaged to ensure safe transportation, using 100% recyclable materials.
Please note that a copyright line is included under the image.
Each print is made to order and dispatched separately to other V&A Shop products, for GB delivery only. Please be sure to specify a delivery address where someone can sign for the parcel. When buying Custom Prints and other shop products together, please note the standard delivery charge applies in addition to the below. However, delivery is free for all GB orders over £60. See our Delivery and Returns page for more detail.
Each print is made to order, and as such, not eligible for return unless it arrives damaged, faulty or not as described. Please contact us if there is a problem with your order. See our Delivery and Returns page for more detail.
Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins was the world’s first woman photographer. She was a botanist as well as a skilled scientific draughtsman, contributing the drawings of shells for her father the zoologist John George Children F.R.S's translation of Lamarck's Genera of Shells 1823. She was also the first person to print and publish a photographically illustrated book, British Algae (1843). She took up what she called ‘Sir John Herschel’s beautiful process of cyanotype’ as soon as it was invented in 1842. To make a ‘photogram’ with the cyanotype process, the photographer laid an object on paper impregnated with iron salts, then exposed the paper to sunlight for a few minutes. When washed in water, the area where the plant had blocked the light remained white, but the area that was exposed came out a rich blue.