Your cart

Free delivery on all orders over £40
Schools can pay by invoice by setting up an account at checkout.
The Bluest of Blues

The Bluest of Blues

Top pick

Recommended for age 5+ , 7+ and 9+

By Fiona Robinson

Illustrated by Fiona Robinson

Regular price
£11.50
Sale price
£11.50
Regular price
RRP £13.99
Unit price
per 

After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual for women and girls in the early 19th century. Fascinated with the plant life around her, Anna became a botanist.

She recorded all her findings in detailed illustrations and engravings until the invention of cyanotype photography in 1842. Anna used this new technology in order to catalogue plant specimens-a true marriage of science and art. In 1843, Anna published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions with handwritten text and cyanotype photographs.

It is considered the first book of photographs ever published. Weaving together histories of women, science, and art, The Bluest of Blues will inspire young readers to embark on their own journeys of discovery and creativity.

Tagged art and artists , art techniques and materials , significant lives , top pick , Victorians , women in history and women in STEAM

Part of the Art and Artists collection

  • The Bluest of Blues

    5+ 7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £11.50
    Sale price
    £11.50
    Regular price
    RRP £13.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity

    7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £12.50
    Sale price
    £12.50
    Regular price
    RRP £14.95
    Unit price
    per 

  • I Could Have Done That

    7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Matisse's Garden

    7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.95
    Unit price
    per 

  • Child of the Flower-Song People

    7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.99
    Unit price
    per 

Part of the Victorians collection

  • The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole
    The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole

    7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £5.90
    Sale price
    £5.90
    Regular price
    RRP £7.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Rivet Boy

    9+

    Regular price
    £5.90
    Sale price
    £5.90
    Regular price
    RRP £7.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • The Great Stink

    7+

    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • The Brontes

    7+

    Regular price
    £7.50
    Sale price
    £7.50
    Regular price
    RRP £7.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story
    Son of the Circus

    9+ 11+

    Regular price
    £5.50
    Sale price
    £5.50
    Regular price
    RRP £6.99
    Unit price
    per 

Part of the Women in STEAM collection

  • Nano

    7+

    Regular price
    £5.90
    Sale price
    £5.90
    Regular price
    RRP £7.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
    Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

    7+

    Regular price
    £5.90
    Sale price
    £5.90
    Regular price
    RRP £7.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Hidden Figures : The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • The Bluest of Blues

    5+ 7+ 9+

    Regular price
    £11.50
    Sale price
    £11.50
    Regular price
    RRP £13.99
    Unit price
    per 

  • Mama Miti : Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

    5+ 7+

    Regular price
    £9.60
    Sale price
    £9.60
    Regular price
    RRP £12.99
    Unit price
    per