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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 987 Upright Hedge Parsley
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 987 Upright Hedge Parsley
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 988 Common Earth-nut
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 988 Common Earth-nut
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 993 Axillary Clustered Carex
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 993 Axillary Clustered Carex
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 994 Loose Pendulous Carex
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 994 Loose Pendulous Carex
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 995 Pendulous Wood Carex
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 995 Pendulous Wood Carex
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 996 Curled Orthotrichum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 996 Curled Orthotrichum
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 998 Apple Bartramia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 998 Apple Bartramia
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 999 Mertensian Conferva
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 999 Mertensian 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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 997 Lateral Bartramia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 997 Lateral Bartramia
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1001 Sea Wormwood
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1001 Sea Wormwood
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1002 Fersey Cudweed
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1002 Fersey Cudweed
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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1004 Blueish Meadow-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1004 Blueish Meadow-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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1005 Reed-like Fescue-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1005 Reed-like 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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1006 Upright Brome-grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1006 Upright Brome-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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1007 Brownish-yellow Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1007 Brownish-yellow 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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1008 Gelatinous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 1008 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 1802 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1370 Oval-fruited Corn Sallad
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1370 Oval-fruited Corn Sallad
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 1372 Bearded Wheat-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1372 Bearded Wheat-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 1373 Green and white Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1373 Green and white 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 1374 Spongy Gelatinous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1374 Spongy 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 1375 Incurved Yellow-warted Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1375 Incurved Yellow-warted 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 1376 Sweet Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1376 Sweet 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 1378 Little Hedgehog Conferva
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1378 Little Hedgehog Conferva
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 1379 Hairy Rupture-wort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1379 Hairy Rupture-wort
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 1377 Globe Conferva, or Moor Balls
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1377 Globe Conferva, or Moor Balls
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 1385 Common Mithridate Mustard
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1385 Common Mithridate 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 1805 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 1386 White Carex
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1386 White Carex
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 1388 Bitter Purple Willow
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1388 Bitter Purple Willow
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 1389 Yellow Willow, or Golden Osier
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1389 Yellow Willow, or Golden Osier
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 1390 Broad-leaved Mountain Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1390 Broad-leaved Mountain 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 1391 Curved-stalked Fork-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1391 Curved-stalked 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 1392 Elk’s-horn Cup Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1392 Elk’s-horn Cup 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 1393 Common Cup Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1393 Common Cup 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 1394 Clumsy Indented Cup Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1394 Clumsy Indented Cup 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 1395 Blunt Tongue-bearing Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1395 Blunt Tongue-bearing 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 1396 Sharp Tongue-bearing Fucus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1396 Sharp Tongue-bearing 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 1397 Needle Chervil
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1397 Needle Chervil
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 1402 Olive-leaved Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1402 Olive-leaved 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 1404 Hairy-branched Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1404 Hairy-branched 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 1405 Broad-leaved Bog-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1405 Broad-leaved Bog-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 1403 Quince-leaved Willow
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1403 Quince-leaved 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 1406 Slender Bog-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 1406 Slender Bog-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 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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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.