Sowerby English Botany
  • Sowerby Botany Plate 437 Purple Helleborine

    Sowerby Botany Plate 437 Purple Helleborine

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 437 Purple Helleborine

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 438 Barren-wort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 438 Barren-wort

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 438 Barren-wort

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 439 Red-berried Bryony

    Sowerby Botany Plate 439 Red-berried Bryony

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 439 Red-berried Bryony

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 440 Clustered Alpine Saxifrage

    Sowerby Botany Plate 440 Clustered Alpine Saxifrage

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 440 Clustered Alpine Saxifrage

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 441 Portland Spurge

    Sowerby Botany Plate 441 Portland Spurge

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 441 Portland Spurge

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 442 Red Spurge

    Sowerby Botany Plate 442 Red Spurge

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 442 Red Spurge

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 443 Yellow Rocket

    Sowerby Botany Plate 443 Yellow Rocket

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 443 Yellow Rocket

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 444 Marsh Violet

    Sowerby Botany Plate 444 Marsh Violet

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 444 Marsh Violet

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 445 Cream-coloured Violet

    Sowerby Botany Plate 445 Cream-coloured Violet

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 445 Cream-coloured Violet

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 446 Round-leaved Mint

    Sowerby Botany Plate 446 Round-leaved Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 446 Round-leaved Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 447 Hairy Water - Mint

    Sowerby Botany Plate 447 Hairy Water – Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 447 Hairy Water – Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 448 Marsh Whorled Mint

    Sowerby Botany Plate 448 Marsh Whorled Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 448 Marsh Whorled Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 449 Red Mint

    Sowerby Botany Plate 449 Red Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 449 Red Mint

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 450 Dotted Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 450 Dotted Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 450 Dotted Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 452 Prickly Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 452 Prickly Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 452 Prickly Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 453 Tuberous Moschatell

    Sowerby Botany Plate 453 Tuberous Moschatell

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 453 Tuberous Moschatell

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 454 Mossy Saxifrage, or Ladies' Cushion

    Sowerby Botany Plate 454 Mossy Saxifrage, or Ladies’ Cushion

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 454 Mossy Saxifrage, or Ladies’ Cushion

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 455 Palmate Saxifrage

    Sowerby Botany Plate 455 Palmate Saxifrage

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 455 Palmate Saxifrage

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 456 Bilberry or Bleaberry

    Sowerby Botany Plate 456 Bilberry or Bleaberry

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 456 Bilberry or Bleaberry

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 457 Ivy-leaved Lettuce

    Sowerby Botany Plate 457 Ivy-leaved Lettuce

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 457 Ivy-leaved Lettuce

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 458 Dwarf branched Centaury

    Sowerby Botany Plate 458 Dwarf branched Centaury

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 458 Dwarf branched Centaury

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 459 Cat's-tail Canary-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 459 Cat’s-tail Canary-grass

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 459 Cat’s-tail Canary-grass

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 460 Serrated Phascum

    Sowerby Botany Plate 460 Serrated Phascum

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 460 Serrated Phascum

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 461 Ground Tremella

    Sowerby Botany Plate 461 Ground Tremella

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 461 Ground Tremella

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1798 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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Sowerby English Botany

Antique hand-colored engravings by James Sowerby from English Botany, available for sale, are not just exquisite pieces of botanical art; they are also historical treasures capturing the essence of 18th and 19th-century botany. Crafted with meticulous detail and artistic flair, each engraving is a testament to Sowerby’s skill and passion for botanical illustration.

These engravings not only serve as beautiful decorations but also as valuable educational resources, offering a window into the botanical discoveries of their time. Sowerby’s work, in collaboration with eminent botanists like Sir James Edward Smith, helped document and disseminate knowledge about the rich flora of the British Isles and beyond. Sowerby Antique engravings for sale.

Beyond their aesthetic appeal, these engravings are a testament to the intersection of art and science. Sowerby’s ability to combine precision with artistic expression resulted in images that are both scientifically accurate and visually captivating, making them prized possessions for collectors, historians, and botany enthusiasts alike.

Owning a piece of Sowerby’s English Botany is not just acquiring a beautiful artwork at an affordable price; it’s possessing a piece of botanical history, a tangible connection to the pioneering spirit of botanical exploration and illustration that defined an era.