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Dr. Solander, F.R.S.
Drawn by James Sowerby. Engraved by James Newton.
[London, Pub.d 24th, 1784 for the Proprietor, by I Matthews Carver, Guilder & Printseller No 438, Strand.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 82), an 'apostle of Carl Linnaeus', taught by the great botanist. After working on cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum he joined Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's first voyage, becoming the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil and the first Swede to circumnavigate the world. The artist, James Sowerby, was a prolific botanical illustrator.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 67846] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by James Sowerby. Engraved by James Newton.
[London, Pub.d 24th, 1784 for the Proprietor, by I Matthews Carver, Guilder & Printseller No 438, Strand.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 82), an 'apostle of Carl Linnaeus', taught by the great botanist. After working on cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum he joined Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's first voyage, becoming the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil and the first Swede to circumnavigate the world. The artist, James Sowerby, was a prolific botanical illustrator.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 67846] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Candy Cane Sorrel.] Oxalis versicolor.](jpegs/50362.jpg)
[Candy Cane Sorrel.] Oxalis versicolor.
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 445 x 275mm (18 x 10¾"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50362] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 445 x 275mm (18 x 10¾"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50362] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Satin Flower.] Sisyrinchium striatum,](jpegs/50363.jpg)
[Satin Flower.] Sisyrinchium striatum,
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 455 x 285mm (18 x 11¼"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins. Uncut.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after James Sowerby.]
[London, 1790-3.]
Engraving with hand colour. 455 x 285mm (18 x 11¼"), on J. Whatman paper with large margins. Uncut.
An illustration by James Sowerby (1757-1822) for James Edward Smith's 'Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae'.
[Ref: 50363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)