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Natural history and the park: The British Miscellany: or coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects; many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles ... by James Sowerby, 1804, BHL/Naturalis, https://t.co/hRC5Eew4gz

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2020-03-12

Botanical illustration and the park: A specimen of the botany of New Holland, by James Edward Smith.... with figures by James Sowerby, 1793-1795.......via BHL.....https://t.co/Epy9zBkkfC

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2020-03-09

Including the very rare unfinished 7th volume, this fine complete set of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain by & his son is a highlight in this week's auction of in Learn more: https://t.co/L0knYxFOVF

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2020-02-18

James Sowerby's "English Botany", issued in 267 monthly parts & featuring nearly 2,600 hand-colored engravings, was the most comprehensive, illustrated flora of Great Britain available at the time. 3rd ed. (1863-1886) in ➡️ https://t.co/wQPbjzTSrb

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2020-02-11

Botanical illustration and the park: English botany, or Coloured figures of British plants....... by James Sowerby et al.......1863-1886, 12 vols....... from BHL/NYBG ......https://t.co/4YE7OvIIET

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2020-02-04

An illustration by Millicent Sowerby for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907) art

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2020-01-29

Detail from At Home, 1881, by John George Sowerby art

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2020-01-29

The study of mollusk shells. 🐚🐚🐚🐚
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Explore beautiful shell in "A Conchological Manual" (1839), authored and illustrated by George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884). in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/Nu5RqxVORQ

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2020-01-22

Aschenputtel often sat at her mother's grave, whr a sapling grew, watered by her tears. She wished with all her heart for a gown and slippes to wear to a royal ball, and three times her wish came true
1. Wanda Gag 2. Millicent Sowerby

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2020-01-15

grown by the Royal Botanic Society in Regent’s Park, c.1880.

The Royal Botanic Society was founded by James De Carle Sowerby (son of naturalist James Sowerby) in 1839, and leased 18 acres of in Regent’s Park for experimental gardening, till it dissolved in 1932.

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2019-12-11

Three generations of Sowerbys contributed to "Thesaurus conchyliorum" (1847-87), one of the rarest of all conchology books. It includes over 500 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/0j9WH3CQff 🐚

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2019-11-05

“A New Elucidation of Colour - by James Sowerby - 1809 - Table 5 - Available: https://t.co/a1XYFZ1Rno

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2019-10-18

Rhyme in the park: At home, by JG Sowerby and JG Crane, 1881........https://t.co/yUMcSDPfcl

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2019-10-05

It's James Sowerby's "Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms" (1797-1809), with 440 hand-colored engraved plates after Sowerby, has been called "one of the finest works on mushrooms and fungi". Find it in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/cqsKhInmF9

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2019-07-27

Nine, ten, a big fat hen …

‘Afternoon tea: rhymes for children’, illustrated by J. G. Sowerby & H. H. Emerson [1881?]. Waddleton.b.9.1300

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2019-06-12

Tropical canalifera illulstration 🐚
ca. 1800s
British naturalist George Sowerby (1788 – 1854)

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2019-04-20

𝙕𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw & hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this in via ➡️ https://t.co/f2er8SDhpn

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2019-02-20

The world's smallest gliding possum was described by George Shaw in 1794 (illustration by James Sowerby). via https://t.co/IlJc4Nz5tr

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2018-12-09

The Golden Age of Illustration 1880s-1920s produced some wonderful female artists from England, including
MILLICENT SOWERBY-one of the 1st women to illustrate Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1907
Read about her & 2 more female artists
https://t.co/BQhVsf7p3k

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2018-11-15

Zoology of New Holland ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw and hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this in via : https://t.co/RTCRMIFmZ3

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2018-09-06