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English Botany
Illustrated by James Sowerby with text by James Edward Smith.
Add a garden to any room with a selection of Sowerby’s English Botany botanical prints framed in natural wood frames. 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.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 13 Black Salt-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 13 Black Salt-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 22 Butterfly Orchis
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 22 Butterfly Orchis
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 25 Vernal Speedwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 25 Vernal Speedwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 26 Trifid Speedwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 26 Trifid Speedwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 27 Umbelliferous Chickweed
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 27 Umbelliferous Chickweed
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 30 Spring Vetch
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 30 Spring Vetch
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 32 Stinking Groundsel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 32 Stinking Groundsel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 33 Squinancy-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 33 Squinancy-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 38 Common Saw-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 38 Common Saw-wort
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 41 Crested Cow-wheat
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 41 Crested Cow-wheat
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 44 Dyer’s Greenweed
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 44 Dyer’s Greenweed
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 48 Bird’s-nest Ophrys
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 48 Bird’s-nest Ophrys
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 54 Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 54 Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 55 Greater Dodder
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 55 Greater Dodder
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 57 Field Eryngo
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 57 Field Eryngo
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 64 Fly Orchis
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 64 Fly Orchis
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 69 Yellow Bird’s-nest
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 69 Yellow Bird’s-nest
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 72 Marsh Tway-blade
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 72 Marsh Tway-blade
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1790 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 74 Least Ladies-bedstraw
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 74 Least Ladies-bedstraw
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 77 Ground Pine
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 77 Ground Pine
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 80 Impatient Ladies-smock
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 80 Impatient Ladies-smock
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 81 Alpine Shephard’s Purse
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 81 Alpine Shephard’s Purse
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 83 Spiked Water – Millfoil
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 83 Spiked Water – Millfoil
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 86 Variegated Catchfly
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 86 Variegated Catchfly
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 88 Shrubby Cinquefoil
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 88 Shrubby Cinquefoil
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 95 Swine’s Succory
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 95 Swine’s Succory
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 99 Thorow Sanicle
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 99 Thorow Sanicle
Price range: 19,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 103 Climbing Fumitory
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 103 Climbing Fumitory
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 105 Cross-leaved Ladies Bedstraw
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 105 Cross-leaved Ladies Bedstraw
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 108 Adder’s Tongue
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 108 Adder’s Tongue
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 111 Mountain Pepper-wort
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 111 Mountain Pepper-wort
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 112 Crimson Grass-vetch
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 112 Crimson Grass-vetch
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 113 Common Yellow Cow-wheat
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 113 Common Yellow Cow-wheat
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 114 Brittle Lichen
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 114 Brittle Lichen
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 115 Globe Lichen
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 115 Globe Lichen
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 116 Mossy Tillaea
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 116 Mossy Tillaea
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 119 Spurge Laurel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 119 Spurge Laurel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 120 Small-flowered Crow-foot
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 120 Small-flowered Crow-foot
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 123 Corn Gromwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 123 Corn Gromwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 122 Broad-leaved Garlick, or Ramsons
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 122 Broad-leaved Garlick, or Ramsons
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 124 Upright Cudwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 124 Upright Cudwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 126 Inflated Lichen
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 126 Inflated Lichen
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 127 Common Sorrel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 127 Common Sorrel
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 128 Narrow-leaved Solomon’s Seal
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 128 Narrow-leaved Solomon’s Seal
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 130 Common Star of Bethlehem
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 130 Common Star of Bethlehem
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 131 Marsh Club-rush
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 131 Marsh Club-rush
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 132 Needle Furze
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 132 Needle Furze
Price range: 15,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 134 Common Gromwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €
Sowerby Botany Plate 134 Common Gromwell
Price range: 17,00 € through 238,00 €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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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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.