Antique Print - James Sowerby - Alisma Natans - Floating Water-plantain - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Alisma Natans - Floating Water-plantain - F1"Alisma Natans" 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

"Lichen Vernalis"

Sagina subulata Pres”

such as "Foreign Finches in Captivity

Spectacled Eider

"Centaurea Nigra"

Signed and numbered on the back JB 13/19

Potamogeton pectinatus L

"Orobus Fylvaticus"

23 cm x 15 cm

"Saint-Cloud Castle"

This artwork is a testament to Piranesi's ability to create immersive visual experiences that seamlessly merge nature and architecture