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Early spider orchid, Ophrys sphegodes (Spider orchis, Ophrys aranifera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4697172

Burnt-tip orchid, Neotinea ustulata (Dwarf orchis, Orchis ustulata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4697202

Branched broomrapse, Orobanche ramosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1794.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4697966

Dark mullein, Verbasum nigrum (black molene) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Mountain pink, Dianthus caesius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1792.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004395

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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO5004721

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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Leech, Hirudo circulans. 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)

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Sea unicorn or narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Rare specimen with double tusks. 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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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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ID: FLO4700118

Hoary cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea (Cinquefoil) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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ID: FLO4700176

Clustered bellflower, Campanula glomerata (Campanule agglomeree) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Swin's succory, Arnoseris minima (Hyoseris minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1793.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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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.

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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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)

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Oregano. Hand-coloured copper engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby (1757-1822), in Botanique Medicinale, 1832, by William Woodville and Sir William Jackson. Oregano, Origanum vulgare. 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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ID: FLO4702142

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum). 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 “Coloured representations of English mushrooms” (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.

Sowerby, James (1757-1822)