Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Farinaceus - Ragged Mealy Lichen - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Farinaceus - Ragged Mealy Lichen - F1"Lichen Farinaceus" 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

This bird print is from William Swaysland’s ”A History of the Earth and Animated Nature”

"Spergula Rubulata"

and became a highly sought-after artist in his lifetime

"Trifolium Scabrum"

for the Congo

”Rosenrot

Chromolithography

Paris Quadrifolia”

it displays bridges spanning the Oder River

"Conferva Atra"

Technique: Silk Screen Prints

Epilobium Hirsutum”