Antique Botanical Print - Sowerby - Scilla Autumnalis - Autumn Squill - F1

Antique Botanical Print - Sowerby - Scilla Autumnalis - Autumn Squill - F1"Scilla Autumnalis" 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

such as "Foreign Finches in Captivity

The etching is signed by the artist in the lower right corner

and naturalist

"Scirpus Palustris L

"Stellaria Holoftea"

"Geranium Silvaticum L"

"Chrysanthemum ſegetum"

"Galeopsis Tetrahit"

playing a crucial role in the Thirty Years' War and the Northern Wars

"Bunias Orientalis L"

Otto Henrik Wallgren (1834-1917) was a Swedish artist and illustrator known for his detailed and accurate depictions of traditional Swedish costumes and rural life

This beautiful antique engraving was created by Archelaus Cruse