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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 335 Rough Cock’s-foot Grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 335 Rough Cock’s-foot 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 336 Common Chara
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 336 Common Chara
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 337 Mountain Ash, or Quicken Tree
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 337 Mountain Ash, or Quicken Tree
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 338 Field Southernwood
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 338 Field Southernwood
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 339 Common Asparagus
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 339 Common Asparagus
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 340 Common Quaking-Grass, or Cow-Quakes
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 340 Common Quaking-Grass, or Cow-Quakes
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 341 Pearly Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 341 Pearly 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 342 Yellow twisting Bryum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 342 Yellow twisting 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 345 Blackish, or Bat’s-wing Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 345 Blackish, or Bat’s-wing 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 346 Narrow-leaved Marsh Willow-herb
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 346 Narrow-leaved Marsh Willow-herb
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 347 Parsley Water-dropwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 347 Parsley Water-dropwort
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 348 Sulphur-wort Water-dropwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 348 Sulphur-wort Water-dropwort
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 350 Service Tree
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 350 Service Tree
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 351 Annual Knawel
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 351 Annual Knawel
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 353 Lead-coloured Spongy Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 353 Lead-coloured Spongy 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 354 Broom Bryum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 354 Broom 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 352 Perennial Knawel
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 352 Perennial Knawel
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 356 Sweet Flag
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 356 Sweet Flag
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 357 Mudwort
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 357 Mudwort
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 358 Heart-leaved Mountain Ophrys
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 358 Heart-leaved Mountain Ophrys
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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 359 Greater Water-moss
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 359 Greater Water-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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 360 Shining Bryum
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 360 Shining 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 1796 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 361 Alpine Bartsia
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 361 Alpine Bartsia
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 362 Spindle-tree
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 362 Spindle-tree
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 363 Common Water-dropwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 363 Common Water-dropwort
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 364 Water Violet or Featherfoil
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 364 Water Violet or Featherfoil
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 365 Creeping Meadow-grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 365 Creeping Meadow-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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 366 Marsh Arrow Grass
Price range: $16.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 366 Marsh Arrow 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 367 Common Meadow-rue
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 367 Common Meadow-rue
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 370 Square St. John’s Wort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 370 Square St. John’s 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 368 Sea Lungwort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 368 Sea 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 369 Common Bird’s-foot
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 369 Common Bird’s-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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 371 Mountain St. John’s Wort
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 371 Mountain St. John’s 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 372 Heath Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 372 Heath 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 373 Brown Mushroom Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 373 Brown Mushroom 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 374 Pink Mushroom Lichen
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 374 Pink Mushroom 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 375 Corn Bell-flower
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 375 Corn Bell-flower
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 376 Shining Pond-weed
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 376 Shining 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 377 Hare-bell, or Wild hyacinth
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 377 Hare-bell, or Wild hyacinth
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 378 Greater Dodder; Lesser Dodder
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 378 Greater Dodder; Lesser Dodder
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 379 Water Aloe, or Water Soldier
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 379 Water Aloe, or Water Soldier
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 380 Smooth Cock’s-foot Grass
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 380 Smooth Cock’s-foot 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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 381 Narrow-leaved Flax
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 381 Narrow-leaved Flax
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 382 Purging Flax
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 382 Purging Flax
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 383 Bee Orchis
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 383 Bee Orchis
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 384 Small Ladies-bedstraw
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Sowerby Botany Plate 384 Small Ladies-bedstraw
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 385 Small-flowered Cranesbill
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 385 Small-flowered Cranesbill
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 1797 by James Sowerby illustrates plants.
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Sowerby Botany Plate 386 Woolly-headed Thistle
Price range: $18.50 through $270.00
Sowerby Botany Plate 386 Woolly-headed 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 1797 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.