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Chickweed winter-green, Lysimachia europaea (Trientalis europaea) (Trientale d'Europe) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.
Chickweed winter-green, Lysimachia europaea (Trientalis europaea) (Trientale d'Europe) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.

FLO4696942: Chickweed winter-green, Lysimachia europaea (Trientalis europaea) (Trientale d'Europe) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Dutch's pipe, Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow bird's nest, Monotropa hypopithys) (Aristoloche) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792.
Dutch's pipe, Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow bird's nest, Monotropa hypopithys) (Aristoloche) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792.

FLO4698330: Dutch's pipe, Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow bird's nest, Monotropa hypopithys) (Aristoloche) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.
Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.

FLO4698941: Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Yellowhorn poppy, Glaucium flavum (Chelidonium glaucium) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.
Yellowhorn poppy, Glaucium flavum (Chelidonium glaucium) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.

FLO4699332: Yellowhorn poppy, Glaucium flavum (Chelidonium glaucium) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Compendial borage. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Blue flowered borage, Borago officinalis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.
Compendial borage. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Blue flowered borage, Borago officinalis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

FLO4702032: Compendial borage. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Blue flowered borage, Borago officinalis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Melisse officinale (Melissa officinalis). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby. Excerpt from the book of William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker “” Botanique medicinale”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew more than 2500 plants for Smith Mammoth “English Botanical”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for colourful representations of English mushrooms” (1797) among many other works.
Melisse officinale (Melissa officinalis). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby. Excerpt from the book of William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker “” Botanique medicinale”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew more than 2500 plants for Smith Mammoth “English Botanical”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for colourful representations of English mushrooms” (1797) among many other works.

FLO4702054: Melisse officinale (Melissa officinalis). Hand-coloured copper engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby. Excerpt from the book of William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker “” Botanique medicinale”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew more than 2500 plants for Smith Mammoth “English Botanical”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for colourful representations of English mushrooms” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Sweet fennel (or Provence fennel). Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Fennel, Anethum foeniculum, spice. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.
Sweet fennel (or Provence fennel). Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Fennel, Anethum foeniculum, spice. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

FLO4702080: Sweet fennel (or Provence fennel). Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Fennel, Anethum foeniculum, spice. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany”” 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Wood sanicle, Sanicula europaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.
Wood sanicle, Sanicula europaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

FLO4700338: Wood sanicle, Sanicula europaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Wood stichwort, Stellaria nemorum Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.
Wood stichwort, Stellaria nemorum Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

FLO4700257: Wood stichwort, Stellaria nemorum Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Frog orchid, Dactylorhiza viridis (Frog satyrion or orchis, Satyrium viride). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.
Frog orchid, Dactylorhiza viridis (Frog satyrion or orchis, Satyrium viride). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

FLO4700266: Frog orchid, Dactylorhiza viridis (Frog satyrion or orchis, Satyrium viride). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Herb with singers or grass of hedges or velar - Hedge mustard, Erysium officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Herb with singers or grass of hedges or velar - Hedge mustard, Erysium officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729814: Herb with singers or grass of hedges or velar - Hedge mustard, Erysium officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Fraxinelle - White fraxinella or basard dittany, Dictamnus albus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Fraxinelle - White fraxinella or basard dittany, Dictamnus albus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729933: Fraxinelle - White fraxinella or basard dittany, Dictamnus albus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Buttercup or Button d'Or - Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Buttercup or Button d'Or - Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729992: Buttercup or Button d'Or - Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730176: Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Gremil officinal or pearl grass - Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.
Gremil officinal or pearl grass - Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works.

FLO4729557: Gremil officinal or pearl grass - Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth “” English Botany”” (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for “” Coloured Figures of English Fungi “” (1797) among many other works., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Pulmonary officinale - Lungwort, Pulmonia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Pulmonary officinale - Lungwort, Pulmonia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729562: Pulmonary officinale - Lungwort, Pulmonia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Water trefoil or buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Water trefoil or buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730821: Water trefoil or buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Epiary officinale or betoine - Wood betony, Stachys officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Epiary officinale or betoine - Wood betony, Stachys officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729688: Epiary officinale or betoine - Wood betony, Stachys officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Short-sighted grass - Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Short-sighted grass - Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729767: Short-sighted grass - Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Large chelidoine or large light - Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Large chelidoine or large light - Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729781: Large chelidoine or large light - Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Terrestrial Ivy - Ground ivy, Glecoma hederacea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Terrestrial Ivy - Ground ivy, Glecoma hederacea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729636: Terrestrial Ivy - Ground ivy, Glecoma hederacea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Germandree petit oak - Common germander, Teucrium chamaedrys. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Germandree petit oak - Common germander, Teucrium chamaedrys. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4729670: Germandree petit oak - Common germander, Teucrium chamaedrys. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Wall pellitory, Parietaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Wall pellitory, Parietaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730409: Wall pellitory, Parietaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Sea onion or squill, Drimia maritima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Sea onion or squill, Drimia maritima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730433: Sea onion or squill, Drimia maritima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Seal of Solomon Multiflora - Solomon's seal, Polygonatum multiflorum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Seal of Solomon Multiflora - Solomon's seal, Polygonatum multiflorum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730445: Seal of Solomon Multiflora - Solomon's seal, Polygonatum multiflorum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Thallus or Iceland moss - Eryngo-leaved lichen, Lichen islandicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Thallus or Iceland moss - Eryngo-leaved lichen, Lichen islandicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730542: Thallus or Iceland moss - Eryngo-leaved lichen, Lichen islandicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Angelique true or officinal or archangelique - Garden angelica, Angelica archangelica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Angelique true or officinal or archangelique - Garden angelica, Angelica archangelica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730604: Angelique true or officinal or archangelique - Garden angelica, Angelica archangelica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Angelique des bois ou sylvestris - Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832
Angelique des bois ou sylvestris - Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832

FLO4730623: Angelique des bois ou sylvestris - Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's “” Medical Botany,”” John Bohn, London, 1832, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century.
Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century.

FLO4569856: Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

American browallie - Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.
American browallie - Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

FLO4583809: American browallie - Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Ladanifere or Ledon Cistus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Gum cistus or rock rose, Cistus x cyprius (Cistus ladaniferus) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790
Ladanifere or Ledon Cistus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Gum cistus or rock rose, Cistus x cyprius (Cistus ladaniferus) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790

FLO4578215: Ladanifere or Ledon Cistus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Gum cistus or rock rose, Cistus x cyprius (Cistus ladaniferus) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Orchid: calopogon tuberus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Bletia purpurea orchid. (Tuberous-rooted limodorum orchid, Limodorum tuberosum) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790
Orchid: calopogon tuberus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Bletia purpurea orchid. (Tuberous-rooted limodorum orchid, Limodorum tuberosum) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790

FLO4578227: Orchid: calopogon tuberus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Bletia purpurea orchid. (Tuberous-rooted limodorum orchid, Limodorum tuberosum) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1790, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Incomparable Narcissus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Peerless daffodil, Narcissus incomparabilis - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth,” London, 1790
Incomparable Narcissus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Peerless daffodil, Narcissus incomparabilis - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth,” London, 1790

FLO4578240: Incomparable Narcissus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Peerless daffodil, Narcissus incomparabilis - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth,” London, 1790, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Gazania (gazania) steep - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Rigid leaved gorteria, Gazania rigens (Gorteria rigens) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789
Gazania (gazania) steep - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Rigid leaved gorteria, Gazania rigens (Gorteria rigens) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789

FLO4586253: Gazania (gazania) steep - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Rigid leaved gorteria, Gazania rigens (Gorteria rigens) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Yellow flowered wormwood, Artemisia absinthium
Yellow flowered wormwood, Artemisia absinthium

FLO5856625: Yellow flowered wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

Pink flowered and berry of sarsaparilla smilax, Smilax sarsaparilla
Pink flowered and berry of sarsaparilla smilax, Smilax sarsaparilla

FLO5856649: Pink flowered and berry of sarsaparilla smilax, Smilax sarsaparilla, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images


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