Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lathyrus Sylvestris - Little Prickly Carex - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lathyrus Sylvestris - Little Prickly Carex - F1"Lathyrus Sylvestris" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical

Detail studies include doorways

Nouvelle-Hollande or Tropic

"Great Bustard"

Lathyrus Vernus (L

Carex leporina”

"Juncus Caftaneus"

”Ullsmörblomma

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) was a Spanish Baroque artist who specialized in painting

Carl Lindman (1856-1928) was a prominent Swedish botanist and professor at the Swedish Museum of Natural History

"Modeles de Théâtres et Amphitheatres

"Cynoglossum Officinale"

Cicuta Virosa”