Codium tomentosum
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Curationist Object DescriptionAnna Atkins' series Photographs of British Algae is a collection of photograms published between 1843 and 1853. The first book in the series is considered the first photography book ever made. The cyanotype seen here is of Codium tomentosum, a species of green seaweed also known as velvet horn and spongeweed. To learn more, please visit the Curationist feature on Anna Atkins.
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Anna Atkins, Codium tomentosum, circa 1853. Metropolitan Museum of Art. This nineteenth-century photogram of green seaweed, Codium tomentosum, is from botanist Anna Atkins' self-published series, Photographs of British Algae. Public Domain.
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