Confera arcta - the three upper specimens in the young state

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Anna Atkins (British, 1799–1871)
Date: ca. 1853
Medium: Cyanotype
Dimensions: Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.100.557 (105)

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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Anna Atkins
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Anna Atkins
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Anna Atkins
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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