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Compendial hyssop. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Purple flowered hyssop, Hyssopus 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)

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Peppermint. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Purple flowered peppermint, Mentha piperita. 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.

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Green anise (Pimpinella anisum). 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.

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Fragrant daffodil or fragrant narcissus - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Sweet-scented jonquil, Narcissus odorus - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789

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Iris de Charlcedoine or Susa - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine of William Curtis (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Chalcedonian iris or mourning iris, Iris susiana - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Magazine,”” Lambeth, London, 1789

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Bermudian with narrow leaves - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Iris leaved sisyrinchium, Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Sisyrinchium iridioides) Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789

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Toadshade or sessile trillium, Trillium sessile. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

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Siberian Iris - Siberian iris, Iris sibirica. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

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Tawny day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca (One-leaved strawberry or strawberry of Versailles, Fragaria monophylla). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

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Variete of ficoid - Bearded fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum barbarum. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1789.

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Tradescantia ou setcreasee - Lithograph by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Virginian tradescantia, Tradescantia virginiana (Tradescantia virginica) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine, Lambeth, London, 1789

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Amaryllis Variete, originally from South America - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Superb amaryllis, Hippeastrum vittatum - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby from W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1790

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Lily of the Incas or Perou Lys - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), plate from the Botanical Magazine by William Curtis (1746-1799), 1790 (England) - Striped-flowered alstroemeria or St. Martin's flower, Alstroemeria ligtu - Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration by James Sowerby W. Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine, Lambeth, London, 1790

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Erythrone dog tooth (or red Satyrion) - Dog's tooth violet, Erythronium dense-canis. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1786.

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Cactus starch - Orbea variegata (Variegated stapelia, Stapelia variegata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (Phalaropus hyperboreus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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Long-horn isopod, Astacilla longicornis (Oniscus longicornis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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Northern dune tiger beetle, Cicindela hybrida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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ID: FLO5004240

Western barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus barbastellus (Vespertilio barbastellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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ID: FLO5004080

Blue chaser, Libellula fulva (stained dragonfly, Libellula conspurcata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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ID: FLO5004431

Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (Anas histrionica). Male and female. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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ID: FLO5004610

Larva of the Hemerobius (lacewing) clothed in lichen, with mite, Acarus amictus and little basket mite, Acarus corbicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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ID: FLO5004767

Leech, Hirudo circulans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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Ground beetle, Drypta dentata (Golden-mouthed carabus, Carabus chrysostomos). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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Green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus (Gryllus viridulus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

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Slender burnished brassels, Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Yorkshire burnished brassels moth; Phalaena Noctua aerifera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)