Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| 19th century botany |
| 1 | Nineteenth century botany |
| Botanical Gardens |
| 2 | London: Kew Gardens |
| 3 | Photomicrographs of botany |
| Leaves |
| 4 | Introduction to leaves |
| Flowers |
| 5 | Introduction to flowers |
| Ferns |
| 6 | Ferns |
| Photographers |
| 7 | Henry Fox Talbot: Botany |
| 8 | Henry Fox Talbot: The Bertoloni Album |
| 9 | Golding Bird:Observations on the application of Heliographic or Photogenic Drawing to Botanical Purposes (April 1839) |
| 10 | Anna Atkins: Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype impressions (1843-1854) |
| 11 | Anna Atkins: Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns (ca. 1854) |
| 12 | Constantin v. Ettingshausen and A. Pokorny: Physiotypia plantarum austriacarum (1855-1856) |
| 13 | Cecilia Louisa Glaisher: Ferns (ca. 1850-1858) |
| 14 | Louis Godefroy Lucy-Fossarieu: Jardin Zoologique & Botanique d'Acclimatatation du Bois de Boulogne (ca. 1860) |
| 15 | R.B. Bontecou: Botanical specimens |
| 16 | Eugène Charles de Gayffier: Herbier Forestier de la France (1867) |
| 17 | Charles Hippolyte Aubry: Botanical and flower studies |
| 18 | Adolphe Braun: Flower studies |
| 19 | Charles Scowen: Plants of Sri Lanka |
| 20 | Herbert Boucher Dobbie: New Zealand Ferns. 148 Varieties (1880) |
| 21 | Bertha Jaques: Cyanotypes of plants |
| 22 | Unidentified artist "TS" or "ST" (French, 19th century): Botanical studies (1890-1920) |
| 23 | Edwin Hale Lincoln: Wildflowers and orchids of the North-Eastern United States |
| 24 | Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1952) |
| 25 | Karl Blossfeldt: Books |
| 26 | Karl Blossfeldt's Original "Urformen der Kunst" / "Art Forms in Nature" |
| X-rays |
| 27 | Dain L. Tasker: X-rays of flowers |
| 28 | Professor Albert Richards: X-rays of Flowers |
