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James Sowerby. Line engraving by Mrs D. Turner after T. Heaphy, 1818.

Pedagogy through print : James Sowerby, John Mawe and the problem of colour illustration in early nineteenth-century natural history / Brian Dolan.

James Sowerby : the enlightenment's natural historian / Paul Henderson.

Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) / by Worthington G. Smith.

Mudwort (Limosella aquatica): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

A plant (Vella annua): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

A plant (Reseda fruticulosa) related to wild mignonette: flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Erysimum orientale): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.

A wild rose (Rosa dicksoni): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1831, after J. Sowerby.

Sea kale (Crambe maritima): flowers, leafy stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

A plant (Cucubalus baccifer): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Pearlwort (Sagina nodosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

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Sowerby, James, 1757-1822

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A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Bramble (Rubus species): flowering and fruiting stems with leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1829, after J. Sowerby.

Pearlwort (Sagina nodosa): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.