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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 134 Common Gromwell
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 134 Common Gromwell
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 135 Corn Crowfoot
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 135 Corn Crowfoot
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 136 Sea Ruppia
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 136 Sea Ruppia
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 141 Sea Cotton-weed
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 141 Sea Cotton-weed
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 142 Round-headed Rampion
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Sowerby Botany Plate 142 Round-headed Rampion
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 143 Cross-wort
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Sowerby Botany Plate 143 Cross-wort
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 144 Purple Splachnum
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Sowerby Botany Plate 144 Purple Splachnum
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 145 Pale Butter-wort
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Sowerby Botany Plate 145 Pale Butter-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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 148 Roman Nettle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 148 Roman Nettle
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 150 White Maiden-hair or Wall-rue
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 150 White Maiden-hair or Wall-rue
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 151 Marsh Flea-wort
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Sowerby Botany Plate 151 Marsh Flea-wort
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 153 Meadow Clary
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 153 Meadow Clary
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 154 Wild English Clary
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Sowerby Botany Plate 154 Wild English Clary
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 155 Sanguineous Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 155 Sanguineous 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 156 Tartareous Lichen
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Sowerby Botany Plate 156 Tartareous 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 158 Lesser Winter-green
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Sowerby Botany Plate 158 Lesser Winter-green
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 159 Yellow Water-Lily
Price range: $24.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 159 Yellow Water-Lily
Price range: $24.50 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 161 Dwarf Thistle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00Sowerby Botany Plate 161 Dwarf Thistle
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 162 Tunbridge Filmy-leaf
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 162 Tunbridge Filmy-leaf
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 163 Laciniated Cup-fern
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Sowerby Botany Plate 163 Laciniated Cup-fern
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 166 Mouse-ear Pearl-wort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 166 Mouse-ear Pearl-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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 167 Hairy Saxifrage
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 167 Hairy Saxifrage
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 168 Perfoliate Pond-weed
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 168 Perfoliate Pond-weed
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 170 Rock Stonecrop
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 170 Rock Stonecrop
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 171 English Stone-crop
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 171 English Stone-crop
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 172 Marsh Cinquefoil
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 172 Marsh Cinquefoil
Price range: $20.50 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 175 Sea Plantain
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 175 Sea Plantain
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 176 Tufted Loosestrife
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 176 Tufted Loosestrife
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 174 Short perforated Lichen
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 174 Short perforated Lichen
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 178 Tower Wall-Cress
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 178 Tower Wall-Cress
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 180 Rigid Bryum
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 180 Rigid Bryum
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 182 Broad-leaved Pepper-wort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 182 Broad-leaved Pepper-wort
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 183 Creeping dwarf Willow
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 183 Creeping dwarf 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 184 Branched Broom-rape
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 184 Branched Broom-rape
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 185 Slippery Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 185 Slippery Jungermannia
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 186 Many-lobed Jungermannia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 186 Many-lobed Jungermannia
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 187 Burnet Rose
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 187 Burnet Rose
Price range: $20.50 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 189 Sea Chickweed
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 189 Sea Chickweed
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 191 Chalk Bryum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 191 Chalk Bryum
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 192 Purple Byssus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 192 Purple Byssus
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 193 Sunk Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 193 Sunk 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 194 Yellow Wall Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 194 Yellow Wall 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 196 Hawkweed Ox-tongue
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 196 Hawkweed Ox-tongue
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 197 Small Caucalis or Bastard Parsley
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 197 Small Caucalis or Bastard 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 195 Sea Spurge
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 195 Sea Spurge
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 199 Knotted Caucalis
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Sowerby Botany Plate 199 Knotted Caucalis
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 202 Matted Hypnum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 202 Matted Hypnum
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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 203 Sweet Milk-Vetch, or Wild Liquorice
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 203 Sweet Milk-Vetch, or Wild Liquorice
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 1794 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.