SOWERBY, James (1757 – 1822)
1757 – 1822
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Thomas Heaphy · The full size image contained at that article is found at but contains a caption that was removed. The caption described the painting, credits it to Thomas Heaphy at 1816 and grants courtesy to Mrs Sowerby. So do I, however, it is determined to be in the public domain · Public domain
1790 CE–1814 CE
#13642
English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. 36 vols.
Issued in parts. Images by Sowerby; text by Sir James Edward Smith. Only Sowerby is credited on the title page. Includes 2,592 hand-colored plates of British plants. "Buyers of this work today must exercise extreme ca…
1793 CE–1795 CE
#12951
A specimen of the botany of New Holland
The first published book on the flora of Australia, issued by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It included 16 hand-colored plates reproducing paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, a…