{"product_id":"anna-atkins-spiraea-aruncus-print","title":"Anna Atkins — Spiræa aruncus (cyanotype)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA plant's shadow, printed in light. Anna Atkins laid a stalk of goat's-beard on iron-salted paper and left it in the sun — a photograph made without a camera.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003ecyanotype\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the earliest photographic processes, printed by sunlight alone. Where the plant blocked the light the paper stayed white; everywhere else it turned Prussian blue. We reproduce the original faithfully, exactly as it survives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — including Atkins's own handwritten label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Atkins (1799–1871) was a British botanist and, by most accounts, the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs — \u003cem\u003ePhotographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions\u003c\/em\u003e (1843). She turned a scientific record into images that still look like the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on orders over $75.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eAnna Atkins · \u003cem\u003eSpiraea aruncus (Tyrol)\u003c\/em\u003e, cyanotype · 1851–54 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Accession 2004.172 · Public domain (CC0).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":48750725693540,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":48750725726308,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":48750725759076,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":48750725791844,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/atkins-spiraea-lamina.jpg?v=1784000292","url":"https:\/\/shop.metrica.art\/products\/anna-atkins-spiraea-aruncus-print","provider":"Métrica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}