Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Farinaceus - Ragged Mealy Lichen - F1

Antique Print - James Sowerby - Lichen Farinaceus - Ragged Mealy Lichen - F1"Lichen Farinaceus" This original hand coloured engraving is from James Sowerby's English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth, published by J. Davis in London in 1790 1814. First edition of the extensively illustrated botanical series. James Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator born in 1757 and died in 1822. He is best known for his extensive work in botanical

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The work was published in Paris

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This piece serves as an important example of the ways in which art can reflect and interpret the cultural and historical contexts in which it was created

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