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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 1407 Dark Beardless-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1407 Dark Beardless-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1408 Lanceolate Bearded Grimmia
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1408 Lanceolate Bearded Grimmia
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1409 Great Clustered Fork-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1409 Great Clustered Fork-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1411 Barren Fuscue-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1411 Barren Fuscue-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1412 Wall Fescue-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1412 Wall Fescue-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1416 Eye – Bright
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1416 Eye – Bright
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1417 Wing-stalked Filmy-leaf
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1417 Wing-stalked Filmy-leaf
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1418 Fringed Extinguisher-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1418 Fringed Extinguisher-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1421 Naked Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1421 Naked Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1422 Brownian Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1422 Brownian Grimmia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1424 Shining Tamarisk Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1424 Shining Tamarisk Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1425 Pointed Bog Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1425 Pointed Bog Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1423 Rough Single-fringed Bristle-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1423 Rough Single-fringed Bristle-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1426 White and yellow Crustaceous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1426 White and yellow Crustaceous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1427 Fine-cut gelatinous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1427 Fine-cut gelatinous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1428 Amphibious Curve-pointed Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1428 Amphibious Curve-pointed Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1429 Parasitical Feathered Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1429 Parasitical Feathered Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1430 Single-husked Fescue-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1430 Single-husked Fescue-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1431 Creeping Water Parsnep
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1431 Creeping Water Parsnep
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1434 Long-leaved Sallow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1434 Long-leaved Sallow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1436 Sharp-leaved Triandrous Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1436 Sharp-leaved Triandrous Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1439 Rigid-leaved Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1439 Rigid-leaved Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1440 Small-fruited Hoary Fringed-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1440 Small-fruited Hoary Fringed-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1659 Smooth Mithridate Mustard, or Penny-cress
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1659 Smooth Mithridate Mustard, or Penny-cress
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1660 Common Wart-cress, or Swine’s-cress
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1660 Common Wart-cress, or Swine’s-cress
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1661 Red-necked Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1661 Red-necked Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1663 Dwarf Screw-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1663 Dwarf Screw-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1664 Thread-shaped Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1664 Thread-shaped Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1662 Close-leaved Fern Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1662 Close-leaved Fern Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1665 Creeping Marsh Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1665 Creeping Marsh Feather-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1666 Variable-shielded Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1666 Variable-shielded Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1668 Warty Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1668 Warty Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1669 Green Bushy Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1669 Green Bushy Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1671 Fine Bent-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1671 Fine Bent-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1672 Upright Sea Lyme-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1672 Upright Sea Lyme-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1673 Great Hedge Bedstraw
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1673 Great Hedge Bedstraw
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1674 Sheep’s Sorrel
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1674 Sheep’s Sorrel
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1675 Marsh Woundwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1675 Marsh Woundwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1677 White Mustard
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1677 White Mustard
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1679 Common Brakes
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1679 Common Brakes
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1680 Curled-leaved Earth-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1680 Curled-leaved Earth-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1683 Soft Mealy-crusted Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1683 Soft Mealy-crusted Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1684 Little Fleshy-shielded Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1684 Little Fleshy-shielded Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1681 Ground Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1681 Ground Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1682 Pine-bark Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1682 Pine-bark Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1686 Little Shrubby Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1686 Little Shrubby Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1687 Netted Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1687 Netted Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1688 Rough-warted Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1688 Rough-warted Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00This original hand-colored engraving from English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth created in 1807 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.