Antique Botany Print-HEDGE HONEWORT-SISON AMONUM-Smith-Sowerby-1818

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Plate 954. Sison amomum. Etching/engraving, original hand coloured, on a verge type paper. Description: This attractive original botanical print originates from: 'English Botany or coloured figures of British plants with their essential characters, synonyms and places of growth', by James Edward Smith, president of the Linnaean Society, published in London, 1802. All figures are by James Sowerby.Artists and Engravers: James Sowerby was born in Lambeth, London, his parents were named John and Arabella. Having decided to become a painter of flowers his first venture was with William Curtis, whose Flora Londinensis he illustrated. Sowerby studied art at the Royal Academy and took an apprenticeship with Richard Wright. He married Anne Brettingham De Carle and they were to have three sons: James De Carle Sowerby (1787�1871), George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788�1854) and Charles Edward Sowerby (1795�1842), the Sowerby family of naturalists. His sons and theirs were to contribute and continue the enormous volumes he was to begin and the Sowerby name was to remain associated with illustration of natural history. Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: LJC-C4-18 The overall size is ca. 5.9 x 9.6 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 6.7 inch. The overall size is ca. 15 x 24.5 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 17 cm.

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• Title: Antique Botany Print-HEDGE HONEWORT-SISON AMONUM-Smith-Sowerby-1818
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  • Natural History - Botanical