Antique Print - James Sowerby - Anagallis Arvenſis - Scarlet Pimpernel - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Anagallis Arvenſis - Scarlet Pimpernel - F1"Anagallis Arvenis" 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

”Lonkesärv

"Carex Lævigata"

”Alnus Glutinosa Gærtner”

The work was published in Belgium in 1854

and other notable landmarks

"Fucus Plicatus"

Sagina Nodosa”

Praktnejlika

"Angelica Sylvestris"

He arrived in Paris around 1738 and studied engraving there

This piece serves as an important example of the ways in which art can reflect and interpret the cultural and historical contexts in which it was created

making it a valuable contribution to science and literature of his time