Spring flowers and the park: Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861,by John Edward Sowerby - 1861 - Wellcome Collection,
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James Sowerby, 1809

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

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Detail from At Home, 1881, by John George Sowerby

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I just restocked a bunch of seconds for my seconds sale in my shops! 👍❤️ Here's a partial list of the restocks...

- Moon Rise
- Sowerbys Beaked Whale
- Frog Leaf
- Beluga Whales Set
- Cosmic Hawk
- Cosmic Ray
- Spinner Dolphin
- Rices Whale
- Deaths Head Moth
- Rosy Maple Moth

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

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Millicent Sowerby, British (1878-1967) 222

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From James Sowerby's Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms, published in three volumes between 1797 and 1809.

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Some beautiful florals to brighten up your day. These illustrations are from a published in 1794 called 'Zoology and botany of New Holland...' by George Shaw, James Edward Smith and James Sowerby.

See the digitised book: https://t.co/uce6RfCfw0

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James Sowerby

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From James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817).

Despite his scientific leanings, Sowerby was first and foremost an artist, adept in describing and demonstrating how complex questions of perspective, scale, and color functioned in individual objects: https://t.co/XkaM3kcLQJ

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My first piece as contributing editor for is up! I had a great time writing about James Sowerby's 1802-17 British Mineralogy, a gorgeous and fascinating text from one of my favorite scientific illustrators.

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'Redman's Metropolitan, an Auricula'
James Sowerby, 1791
RHS Lindley Library, UK

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Mixed bouquet of flowers by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby, published as hand-colored zincograph in The Illustrated Bouquet (1857–64). Pictured are varieties of petunia and Achimenes.

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A series of 5 volumes, containing detailed diagrams of various plants found in and around London and originally published by William Curtis with illustrations by James Sowerby from 1777 to 1798. 2/3

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🐚 🐚 from A Conchological Manual (1852, 4th Ed.) by George Brettingham Sowerby. View more in with thanks to the of the for digitizing: https://t.co/HpoR3kpXUs --

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Au début du XIXe siècle, le naturaliste 🇬🇧 James Sowerby a illustré des centaines de minéraux, tous compilés dans « British Mineralogy »

Ils sont tous compilés dans ce visuel interactif à zoomer et à explorer, et le résultat est juste 😍

https://t.co/LBdEhNivVU

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A few beautiful illustrations from Sowerby's 'Colored Figures of English Fungi' for UK today. Find it in our library as well as online on here: https://t.co/4lwRbSfl8M

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Everyone needs a little help at times. Where would Cinderella be without her fairy godmother and her magic wand ✨✨


Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac
Galina Galinskaya, Millicent Sowerby

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