Sowerby English Botany
  • Sowerby Botany Plate 582 Grey Tree Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 582 Grey Tree Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 582 Grey Tree 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 583 Apple Rose

    Sowerby Botany Plate 583 Apple Rose

    Price range: $32.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 583 Apple Rose

    Price range: $32.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 584 Pile-wort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 584 Pile-wort

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 584 Pile-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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 585 Sheep's Fescue-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 585 Sheep’s Fescue-grass

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 585 Sheep’s Fescue-grass

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 586 Common Whitlow-grass

    Sowerby Botany Plate 586 Common Whitlow-grass

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 586 Common Whitlow-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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 587 Hairy Tower-Mustard

    Sowerby Botany Plate 587 Hairy Tower-Mustard

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 587 Hairy Tower-Mustard

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 588 Yellow Fumitory

    Sowerby Botany Plate 588 Yellow Fumitory

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 588 Yellow Fumitory

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 589 Common Fumitory

    Sowerby Botany Plate 589 Common Fumitory

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 589 Common Fumitory

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 590 Small-flowered Fumitory

    Sowerby Botany Plate 590 Small-flowered Fumitory

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 590 Small-flowered Fumitory

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 591 Common Henbane

    Sowerby Botany Plate 591 Common Henbane

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 591 Common Henbane

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 592 Dwale, or Deadly Nightshade

    Sowerby Botany Plate 592 Dwale, or Deadly Nightshade

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 592 Dwale, or Deadly Nightshade

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 593 Grey cloudy Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 593 Grey cloudy Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 593 Grey cloudy 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 594 Clustered water Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 594 Clustered water Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 594 Clustered water 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 595 Quadrangular Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 595 Quadrangular Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 595 Quadrangular 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 596 Stinking Iris

    Sowerby Botany Plate 596 Stinking Iris

    Price range: $24.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 596 Stinking Iris

    Price range: $24.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 597 Common Ladies Mantle

    Sowerby Botany Plate 597 Common Ladies Mantle

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 597 Common Ladies Mantle

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 598 Red Whortle-berry

    Sowerby Botany Plate 598 Red Whortle-berry

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 598 Red Whortle-berry

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 599 Alpine Saw-Wort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 599 Alpine Saw-Wort

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 599 Alpine Saw-Wort

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 600 Inelegant Ragwort

    Sowerby Botany Plate 600 Inelegant Ragwort

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 600 Inelegant Ragwort

    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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 601 Great White Ox-eye

    Sowerby Botany Plate 601 Great White Ox-eye

    Price range: $32.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 601 Great White Ox-eye

    Price range: $32.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 602 Corn Chamomile

    Sowerby Botany Plate 602 Corn Chamomile

    Price range: $32.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 602 Corn Chamomile

    Price range: $32.50 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 603 Grey Stone Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 603 Grey Stone Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 603 Grey Stone 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 604 Purple Rock Lichen

    Sowerby Botany Plate 604 Purple Rock Lichen

    Price range: $18.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 604 Purple Rock 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 1799 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.

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  • Sowerby Botany Plate 605 Lanceolate Jungermannia

    Sowerby Botany Plate 605 Lanceolate Jungermannia

    Price range: $16.50 through $270.00

    Sowerby Botany Plate 605 Lanceolate Jungermannia

    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 1799 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.