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Study of a Thistle

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Date

before 1822

Artist

James Sowerby (1756-1822)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359630

Description

The Sowerbys were an English family of naturalists, collectors, artists, and publishers who offered the public, amateur and professional alike, a large selection of important, original, illustrated works on natural history. James Sowerby, who drew this striking image of a thistle, founded the dynasty and is known for his illustrative work in the thirty-six volumes of James Smith's English Botany (1790-1814). For his pupils and other "Young Beginners" he wrote An Easy Introduction to Drawing Flowers according to Nature. Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite on buff-colored paper.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

London, England

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Fauna
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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