Antique Print - James Sowerby - Geranium Pyrenaicum - Mountain Cranesbill - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Geranium Pyrenaicum - Mountain Cranesbill - F1"Geranium Pyrenaicum" 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

Honckenya Peploides”

and made significant contributions to the research and description of diverse bird species worldwide

Trifolium Repens

Dusseldorf

"Polygonum Convolvulus"

"Portal of a Chapel Decorated in the Doric Order"

and his works left a notable impact on Swedish artistic and ornithological history

Ribera's depiction of the brutal violence inflicted upon Bartholomew reflects the religious and political turmoil of 17th-century Europe

"Frankenia Lævis"

In this work

«Thomson's Golden Champion Grape

Helleborine Palustris Schrank