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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 177 Meadow Thistle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 177 Meadow 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 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 179 Wild Apple, or Crab-tree
Price range: $32.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 179 Wild Apple, or Crab-tree
Price range: $32.50 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 188 White Dog Rose
Price range: $24.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 188 White Dog Rose
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 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 190 Zigzag Trefoil
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 190 Zigzag Trefoil
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 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 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 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 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 198 Broad-leaved Caucalis
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 198 Broad-leaved 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 199 Knotted Caucalis
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
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 200 Green Hellebore
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 200 Green Hellebore
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 201 Violet Horned – Poppy
Price range: $32.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 201 Violet Horned – Poppy
Price range: $32.50 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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Sowerby Botany Plate 204 Broad-leaved Water Parsnep
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 204 Broad-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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 205 Smooth Sea-Heath
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 205 Smooth Sea-Heath
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 206 Smooth Rupture-Wort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 206 Smooth 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 209 Osmund royal, or Flowering Fern
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 209 Osmund royal, or Flowering 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 207 Red Hemp-Nettle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 207 Red Hemp-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 208 Hairy Green – Weed
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 208 Hairy Green – 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 211 Dyer’s Lichen, or Orchall
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 211 Dyer’s Lichen, or Orchall
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 212 Golden Byssus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 212 Golden 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 214 Clove Pink, or Carnation
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 214 Clove Pink, or Carnation
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 215 Small Pond-weed
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 215 Small Pond-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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 216 Floating Club-rush
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 216 Floating 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 1794 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 217 Fringed Buckbean
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 217 Fringed Buckbean
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 218 Verticillate Water – Milfoil
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 218 Verticillate Water – Milfoil
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 219 Fine-leaved Sandwort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 219 Fine-leaved Sandwort
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 221 Spiked Sea Wheat-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 221 Spiked Sea 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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 222 Sea Canary-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 222 Sea Canary-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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 223 Scarlet Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 223 Scarlet 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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 224 Common Club-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 224 Common Club-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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 227 Water Honewort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 227 Water Honewort
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 230 Alexanders
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 230 Alexanders
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 232 Pedunculated Sea – Orache
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 232 Pedunculated Sea – Orache
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 233 Fir Club-moss
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 233 Fir Club-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 1795 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.