FLO4569856: Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4583809: American browallie - Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585701: Perfumee grenadilla (or refresco maracuja) - (Winged passionflower, Passiflora alata. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586253: Gazania (gazania) steep - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Rigid leaved gorteria, Gazania rigens (Gorteria rigens) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images