James Sowerby

English: James Sowerby (1757-1822) was a British naturalist and illustrator.

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  Mr. James Sowerby, illustrator and biologist, is depicted by Mr. Heaphy, artist, as seated with his documents, apparatus and a famous specimen known as the Yorkshire meteorite.

Works

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  Banksia spinulosa from James Edward Smith's A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland.

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  Embothrium speciosissimum (now Telopea speciosissima)

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  Hand coloured engraving by James Sowerby (1757-1822). It describes a snake of Australia, Pseudechis porphyriacus, given in the title as “Coluber Porphyriacus”, and appearing in Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent

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  Sea bind weed

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  Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (published 1797 - 1809)