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Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and...

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BL4072942
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Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832 (handcoloured copperplate engraving)
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Sowerby, James (1757-1822) (after) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
handcoloured copperplate engraving
Date
1832 AD (C19th AD)
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Leaves, purple flowers and yellow antherae of the Saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. 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 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.

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yellow / print / flower / purple / cordial / crocus / hooker / flowers / herbal / stem / spice / saffron / leaves / plant / antique / botany / sowerby / colorant / copperplate / medical / botanical / handcolored / medicinal / engraving / illustration / curry / sativus / paella / 1832 / james / william / jackson / woodville / antherae / diaphoretic / Engraving / Mzengraving
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