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- James Sowerby
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James Sowerby was an English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates. The use of vivid colour and accessible texts was intended to reach a widening audience in works of natural history. The standard author abbreviation Sowerby is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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Study of an orchid, "Vanda Roxburgia"
1770 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite on white parchment paper
Study of a thistle
1770 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite on buff-colored paper
Two Ducks with a Nest
graphite
Head of a Racoon
graphite
A Shrew
graphite
A Vole
graphite
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- James Sowerby
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