Antique Print - Sowerby - Parietaria Officinalis - Pellitory of the Wall - F1

Antique Print - Sowerby - Parietaria Officinalis - Pellitory of the Wall - F1"Parietaria Officinalis" 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

and printmaking

Chrysosplenium Alternifolium”

Sedum Annum

"Tortula Fubulata"

representing the culmination of many years of research and observations by the author

"Lycopodium Selaginoides"

including depictions of birds

Place: Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Arthur Gardiner Butler(1844-1925) was a prominent British ornithologist and naturalist

one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ

"Silene Conica"

"Euphorbia Helioscopia"