“Crown Imperial” cyanotype photogram print framed on a wall (room mockup)

Close-up of the framed “Crown Imperial” print, showing the paper and mat

1:1 detail of “Crown Imperial”, showing the cyanotype photogram texture

“Crown Imperial”, the full cyanotype photogram print

Size chart: the five file ratios with pixel size and dpi

The original museum image of “Crown Imperial” beside the Tiraj cyanotype photogram version

Cyanotype photogram · Photograms

Crown Imperial, Cyanotype Photogram

after Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1802–16

Technique: Cyanotype photogram
Colour: Blue
Original: “Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), from "Les Liliacées"”, Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840), 1802–16
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

$7.99

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Not AI-generated. Made with Tiraj, our own printmaking simulation, from a public-domain museum image. Every colour and setting was chosen and checked by hand.

Redouté's crown imperial from Les Liliacées as a cyanotype photogram: a white flower silhouette on brushed Prussian blue.

The original

“Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), from "Les Liliacées"” by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840), 1802–16, is in the public domain. The image comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which shares it under CC0 (no rights reserved).

The print

Tiraj re-imagines the plate as a cyanotype photogram, the way Anna Atkins made her plant studies in the 1840s: the plant lies on the sensitised sheet, the sun turns the paper Prussian blue, and the plant's shadow stays white. The crown of leaves, the hanging bells and the long stem read as one white shape, with the stipple of the engraving left as a faint texture. The blue reads as hand-brushed onto cream paper, with dry-brush edges and uneven coating. A digital print file, made from a public domain museum image.

The paper tone is part of the artwork; print on white matte paper. The cream sheet, the brushed Prussian blue and its uneven coating are printed into the file.

What’s included

5 high-resolution JPEG files (sRGB), one per proportion:

Ratio	Print sizes	Pixels	Resolution
2:3	4×6, 8×12, 12×18, 16×24, 20×30, 24×36 in	7200×10800 px	300 dpi at 24×36
3:4	6×8, 9×12, 12×16, 18×24 in	5400×7200 px	300 dpi at 18×24
4:5	4×5, 8×10, 16×20 in	4800×6000 px	300 dpi at 16×20
11:14	11×14 in	3300×4200 px	300 dpi at 11×14
ISO A	A5, A4, A3, A2, A1	7016×9933 px	300 dpi at A1

All files are 300 dpi at their largest size.

Each file is laid out for its proportion; the plant stays whole.

Printing tips

Use heavyweight white matte paper (200 gsm or more, archival matte or cotton rag). Print at 100% / actual size, not 'fit to page', and pick the file that matches your frame.
Colours can vary slightly between screens and printers.

License

The original is in the public domain (verified with the museum’s API on 2026-11-06). The Tiraj interpretation is ours: the files are for personal use only. Print them for your own home or as a gift; please don’t resell, share or redistribute the files or sell prints made from them. Full license.

Digital download: nothing is shipped, frame not included. Colours vary slightly between screens and printers.