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Yellow flowered wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa, from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William...

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BL4072815
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Yellow flowered wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa, 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
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British Library, London, UK
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handcoloured copperplate engraving
Date
1832 AD (C19th AD)
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Yellow flowered, strong scented wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa. 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 / scented / wild / lactuca / print / flower / strong / hooker / flowers / herbal / flowered / stem / salad / leaf / lettuce / plant / antique / botany / sowerby / copperplate / medical / botanical / handcolored / medicinal / engraving / illustration / 1832 / james / william / jackson / woodville / virosa / Engraving / Mzengraving
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