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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 204 Broad-leaved Water Parsnep
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 204 Broad-leaved Water Parsnep
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 205 Smooth Sea-Heath
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 206 Smooth Rupture-Wort
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 207 Red Hemp-Nettle
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 208 Hairy Green – Weed
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 209 Osmund royal, or Flowering Fern
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 212 Golden Byssus
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 214 Clove Pink, or Carnation
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 215 Small Pond-weed
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 216 Floating Club-rush
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 217 Fringed Buckbean
$20.50This 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: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 218 Verticillate Water – Milfoil
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 221 Spiked Sea Wheat-grass
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 221 Spiked Sea Wheat-grass
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 222 Sea Canary-grass
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 222 Sea Canary-grass
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 219 Fine-leaved Sandwort
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 219 Fine-leaved Sandwort
$20.50This 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 220 Teasel-beaded Trefoil
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 220 Teasel-beaded Trefoil
$20.50This 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: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 223 Scarlet Lichen
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 224 Common Club-moss
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 224 Common Club-moss
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 225 Spotted Hawkweed, or Cat’s-ear
$16.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 225 Spotted Hawkweed, or Cat’s-ear
$16.50This 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 226 Thrift
$16.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 226 Thrift
$16.50This 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: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 227 Water Honewort
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 228 Corn Honewort
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 228 Corn Honewort
$20.50This 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 229 Marsh Milky Parsley
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 229 Marsh Milky Parsley
$20.50This 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
$16.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 230 Alexanders
$16.50This 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 231 Sea Rocket
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 231 Sea Rocket
$20.50This 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
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 232 Pedunculated Sea – Orache
$20.50This 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: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 233 Fir Club-moss
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 234 Alpine Club-moss
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 234 Alpine Club-moss
$20.50This 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 235 Least Gentianella
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 235 Least Gentianella
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 236 Autumnal Gentian
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 236 Autumnal Gentian
$20.50This 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 237 Field Gentian
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 237 Field Gentian
$20.50This 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 238 Jointed Rush
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 238 Jointed Rush
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 239 Marsh Club-moss
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 239 Marsh Club-moss
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 240 Lanceolate Spleenwort
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 240 Lanceolate Spleenwort
$20.50This 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 241 Small-flowered Mallow
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 241 Small-flowered Mallow
$20.50This 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 242 Bastard-Cyperus Carex
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 242 Bastard-Cyperus Carex
$20.50This 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 243 St. Barnaby’s Thistle
$16.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 243 St. Barnaby’s Thistle
$16.50This 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 244 Alpine Ladies Mantle
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 244 Alpine Ladies Mantle
$20.50This 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 245 Map Lichen
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 245 Map Lichen
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 246 Concentric Lichen
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 246 Concentric Lichen
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 247 Bastard Toad-flax
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 247 Bastard Toad-flax
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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 248 Procumbent Pepper-wort
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 248 Procumbent Pepper-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 1795 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 249 Wild Cornel tree, or Dog-wood
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 249 Wild Cornel tree, or Dog-wood
$20.50This 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 250 Berry-bearing Alder
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 250 Berry-bearing Alder
$20.50This 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 253 Greater Hooded – Milfoil
$16.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 253 Greater Hooded – Milfoil
$16.50This 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 254 Lesser Hooded – Milfoil
$20.50
Sowerby Botany Plate 254 Lesser Hooded – Milfoil
$20.50This 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 251 Floated branched Riccia
Price range: $20.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 251 Floated branched Riccia
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 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.