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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 86 Variegated Catchfly
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 86 Variegated Catchfly
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 87 Sea Star-wort
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 87 Sea Star-wort
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 88 Shrubby Cinquefoil
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 88 Shrubby 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 95 Swine’s Succory
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 95 Swine’s Succory
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 96 Saint – Foin
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 96 Saint – Foin
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 99 Thorow Sanicle
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 99 Thorow Sanicle
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 100 Great Spear-wort
Price range: $24.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 100 Great Spear-wort
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 102 Sea Lavender
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 102 Sea Lavender
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 103 Climbing Fumitory
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Sowerby Botany Plate 103 Climbing Fumitory
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 104 Kidney Vetch, or Ladies Finger
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 104 Kidney Vetch, or Ladies Finger
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 105 Cross-leaved Ladies Bedstraw
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 105 Cross-leaved Ladies Bedstraw
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 106 Water Avens
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 106 Water Avens
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 107 Spear Thistle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 107 Spear 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 108 Adder’s Tongue
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 108 Adder’s Tongue
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 111 Mountain Pepper-wort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 111 Mountain Pepper-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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 112 Crimson Grass-vetch
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 112 Crimson Grass-vetch
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 113 Common Yellow Cow-wheat
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 113 Common Yellow Cow-wheat
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 114 Brittle Lichen
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 114 Brittle 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 115 Globe Lichen
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 115 Globe 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 116 Mossy Tillaea
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 116 Mossy Tillaea
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 120 Small-flowered Crow-foot
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 120 Small-flowered Crow-foot
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 117 Creeping Gromwell
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 117 Creeping 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 118 Common Lungwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 118 Common Lungwort
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 119 Spurge Laurel
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 119 Spurge Laurel
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 121 Wood Cranesbill
Price range: $24.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 121 Wood Cranesbill
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 122 Broad-leaved Garlick, or Ramsons
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 122 Broad-leaved Garlick, or Ramsons
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 123 Corn Gromwell
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 123 Corn 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 124 Upright Cudwell
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 124 Upright Cudwell
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 125 Star Thistle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 125 Star 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 126 Inflated Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 126 Inflated 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 127 Common Sorrel
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 127 Common 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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 128 Narrow-leaved Solomon’s Seal
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 128 Narrow-leaved Solomon’s Seal
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 130 Common Star of Bethlehem
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 130 Common Star of Bethlehem
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 131 Marsh Club-rush
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 131 Marsh Club-rush
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 132 Needle Furze
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 132 Needle Furze
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 133 Meadow Saffron
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 133 Meadow Saffron
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 1793 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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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 139 Narrow-leaved Water Parsnep
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 139 Narrow-leaved 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 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
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
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
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
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
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
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 149 Rough Succory Hawkweed
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 149 Rough Succory Hawkweed
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 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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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.