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James Sowerby

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British botanical illustrator and mineralogist (1757-1822)

ScientistsLived 1757 to 1822 · aged 65
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James Sowerby was an English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates.

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Original hand colored pattern plate for James Sowerby's "Mineral Conchology of Great Britain."Original hand colored pattern plate for James Sowerby's "Mineral Conchology of Great Britain."Hand-coloured print from an engraving of Banksia spinulosa from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by SowerbyHand-coloured print from an engraving of Banksia spinulosa from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by SowerbyCassiterite from Cornwall, from British Mineralogy, 1803Cassiterite from Cornwall, from British Mineralogy, 1803

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James Sowerby was an English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates. The use of vivid colour and accessible texts was intended to reach a widening audience in works of natural history. The standard author abbreviation Sowerby is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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Lived 1757 to 1822 · aged 65
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