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Sowerby Collection (page 14)

Background imageSowerby Collection: Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone

Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone
A gastropod steinkern or internal cast of a Portland screwstone (Aptyxiella portlandica) from the Jurassic Portland Stone, Top Roach, Portland

Background imageSowerby Collection: Letter addressed to Maria Reynolds

Letter addressed to Maria Reynolds
Letter from C Reynolds to her sister Maria, dated 4 Feb 1807. Reverse side of paper

Background imageSowerby Collection: Cinderella by Millicent Sowerby

Cinderella by Millicent Sowerby. At last the happy day arrived. A fairy tale by Charles Perrault Date: 1923

Background imageSowerby Collection: Child & basket of lamons

Child & basket of lamons
A young girl being shown a basketful of lemons. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Dog training

Dog training
Young girl in medaeval costume training her King Charles spaniel. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Knucklebones

Knucklebones
Young medaeval lad playing knucklebones while two ladies look on. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Boy & a lute

Boy & a lute
Young boy in medaeval dress with a lute seranading his love. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Young girl with Xmas pudding

Young girl with Xmas pudding
A young girl in medaeval costume carrying a large Xmas pudding. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Children playing with flowers

Children playing with flowers
Young child in medaeval dress having a garland of flowers threaded into her hair. Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Elias Hoyle (113)

Elias Hoyle (113)
ELIAS HOYLE Yorkshireman from Sowerby, who we are told lived to be 113 : but when he was born and when he died, we are not told. Date: circa 1600

Background imageSowerby Collection: Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler

Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler
Black and white illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler of 1st December 1909. The illustration was accompanying the story by her sister Githa Sowerby entitled The Princess with the Sleeping

Background imageSowerby Collection: Desdemona

Desdemona
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Shakespeares Heroines series. Desdemona from Othello. Artist: Amy Millicent Sowerby Date: 1922

Background imageSowerby Collection: Remembrance Card, Warley, Yorkshire

Remembrance Card, Warley, Yorkshire
Remembrance Card, Warley, Halifax, near Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1907

Background imageSowerby Collection: Motor-coach - Charabanc, King Cross, Yorkshire

Motor-coach - Charabanc, King Cross, Yorkshire
Motor-coach/Charabanc (awaiting identification), King Cross, Halifax, near Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Promotional Card for Lumb Brothers Transport Date: 1910s

Background imageSowerby Collection: Methodist Church, King Cross, Yorkshire

Methodist Church, King Cross, Yorkshire
Methodist Church, King Cross, Halifax, near Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageSowerby Collection: Bearded crepis, or purple-eyed succory hawkweed

Bearded crepis, or purple-eyed succory hawkweed, Crepis barbata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine 1790

Background imageSowerby Collection: Rasp-leaved geranium with pink and purple flowers

Rasp-leaved geranium with pink and purple flowers, native of the Cape, Geranium radula.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtiss

Background imageSowerby Collection: Common jonquil with vivid yellow flowers, bulb

Common jonquil with vivid yellow flowers, bulb and roots, native of Spain, Narcissus jonquilla.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtiss

Background imageSowerby Collection: Large-flowered dames violet Hesperis grandiflora

Large-flowered dames violet Hesperis grandiflora.. Illustration by Sowerby, one of the famous dynasty of natural history illustrators founded by James Sowerby

Background imageSowerby Collection: Pulling an Xmas cracker

Pulling an Xmas cracker
Young girl anticipates the crackers loud bang as she pulls it with her brother. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageSowerby Collection: Christmas roses

Christmas roses
A young girl in red & green dress, scarf & bonnet amidst a winter scene carrying posies of white roses. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageSowerby Collection: Oxford Street Shops

Oxford Street Shops
Williams & Sowerbys premises at no 61. Date: circa 1840

Background imageSowerby Collection: Sowerby Sheet Collection Plate 81

Sowerby Sheet Collection Plate 81
Plate 81 from the Sowerby Sheet Collection held in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSowerby Collection: Balanus tintinnabulum, balanidae barnacles

Balanus tintinnabulum, balanidae barnacles
Plate 1 by George Sowerby from Charles Darwins Monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species: the Balan

Background imageSowerby Collection: Iris ensata, Japanese iris

Iris ensata, Japanese iris
Watercolour by James Sowerby, c. 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSowerby Collection: Anne Sowerby

Anne Sowerby
Sketched portrait of Mrs Sowerby

Background imageSowerby Collection: Letter addressed to James and Anne Sowerby

Letter addressed to James and Anne Sowerby
Thank you letter from C. Reynolds to the Sowerbys, dated 1831. Reverse side

Background imageSowerby Collection: Letter to Mrs Reynolds

Letter to Mrs Reynolds
L Miss Sowerby Coll/B27 1781-83. Sowerby archive Box 53. Letter to Mrs Reynolds, mother in law of James Sowerby

Background imageSowerby Collection: Sowerby letter

Sowerby letter
L Miss Sowerby Coll/B27 1781-83. Sowerby archive Box 53. Letter to Mrs Reynolds, page two

Background imageSowerby Collection: Sowerby / Marsh Cranberry

Sowerby / Marsh Cranberry
Marsh cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos Date: 1863 - 72

Background imageSowerby Collection: Children feeding swans

Children feeding swans
Children on a riverbank feeding swans. Front cover of Happy Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageSowerby Collection: Christmas. Children pulling a sled

Christmas. Children pulling a sled
Children in festive mood playing in the snow. Front cover of Merry Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageSowerby Collection: Girl at a letterbox

Girl at a letterbox
A young girl with her dogs posting letters. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageSowerby Collection: Girl collecting eggs from the hens

Girl collecting eggs from the hens
Young farm girl carrying a basket of new laid eggs. Front cover of Little Chicks Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageSowerby Collection: Children pulling a sleigh

Children pulling a sleigh
Christmas scene. Excited children pulling a holly-laden sleigh through the town. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageSowerby Collection: Sleepy head

Sleepy head
" Sleepy Head". Image from " Childhood" by Githa Sowerby. " Date: 1907

Background imageSowerby Collection: Winter scene. Feeding robins

Winter scene. Feeding robins
Young girls sweeping snow from a garden path take time off to feed the robind. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1922



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