James Sowerby (1757-1822) Quassia Amara
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James Sowerby (1757-1822)
Quassia Amara
Red flowered bitter quassia, Quassia amara. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's Medical Botany 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2500 plants for Smith's mammoth English Botany (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for Coloured Figures of English Fungi (1797) among many other works.
Artist: British
Print Type: Copper Engraving Hand Colored
Dated: 18th - Early 19th century
Frame: Oak Frame
Subject: 14 x 12"
Condition Report Engraving is fine. Glass is cracked and will be removed prior to shipping.
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