Bertha E. Jaques (American, 1863-1941)

Rye, Bluegrass, South Haven, Michigan, circa 1905

Cyanotype

33.3 x 25.4 cm

Bertha Evelyn Jaques (née Clausen) was a Chicago printmaker and founded the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1910. She was a member of the Wild Flower Preservation Society and used commercially available cyanotype paper to produce images of plants that recall Anna Atkins' pioneering works. Jaques made some cyanotypes as studies for her etchings, though a number of these photograms were exhibited as finished works of art at venues such as the Art Institute of Chicago.