> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 762](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333901) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9934-1) LSID 9934-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233369) QID Q1233369 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sowerby, James de Carle (1787-1871), British naturalist and artist, eldest son of James Sowerby and his closest collaborator; founder member of the Royal botanic Society and Gardens, Regent's Park, London 1838; secretary to this society 1839-1869. **Abbreviated name**: *J. de C. Sowerby* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.C.Sowerby*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. Some notes, sketches, drawings and letters in [[Collection BM|BM]](NH). Kent and Allen 1984 state that British plant specimens are at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 305 (d. 26 Aug 1871); BB p. 284; BL 2: 224, 719; BM 5: 1983-1984; Bossert p. 377; DNB 53: 307-308 (b. 5 Jun 1787) (18: 715-716); Henrey 2: 143, 196, 670; Hortus 3: 1204; Jackson p. 236; Lenley p. 380; NI see indexes; Quenstedt p. 406; SO 842b; TL-2/459, 695, 9734. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 226: 635-636. 1964; Flora 54: 399. 1871 (obit. not.); Gard. Chron. 1871: 1203, 1260 (obit.); Gard. Mag. 1888: 494-495 (portr.); Geol. Mag. 8(10): 478-479. 1871 (obit., bibl.); J. Bot. 9: 319-320. 1871 (obit. not.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1871-1872: lxxix-lxxx. 1872; The Lancet 2: 451-452. 1871. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 438 \[index\]. 1980. - Cleevely, R.J., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 6(6): 493-509. 1974 (bibl.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 248. 1984. - MacDonald, J.B., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 6(6): 389-395. 1974 (mss. BM(NH)). - Palmer, K. van Winkle, Sterkiana 23: 1-6. 1966. - Woodward, B.B., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 51. 1904. - Woodward, H.B., Hist. geol. 53: 68-69. 1910 (portr.). - Zittel, K.A. v., Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 187. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeont. 131, 132, 365. 1901. #### Composite works For a detailed list of publications to which J. de C. Sowerby contributed see Cleevely (1974). The following list of the main botanical works in which S. participated is mainly based on this account. - (1) Turner, D., *Muscologiae Hibernicae spicilegium*, 1804, see Cleevely p. 493 for the possible involvement (as an engraver) of S. in this work. - (2) Sibthorp, J. and J.E. Smith *Flora graeca* 1806-1840, TL-2/11.935. S. prepared engravings from original drawings made by his father, James Sowerby, q.v. - (3) Loudon, J.C., *Encycl. pl.* 1829, TL-2/5026. – Drawings by S. - (4) Smith, J.E. & J. Sowerby, *English botany, Supplement*, 1831-1863, TL-2/12.221. S. editor of vols. 1-3; see Cleevely (1974) p. 495 for further details. - (5) Id., *English botany*, ed. 2, 1832-1846, TL-2/12.221. Vols. 1 and 2 edited by S. - (6) Berkeley, M.J., *Glean. Brit. alg.*, 1832-1833, TL-2/459a. Plates engraved by S. from drawings by M.J. Berkeley. - (7) Halstead, C.A., *The little botanist*, 1835, illustrations drawn and engraved by S. - (8) Murchison, R.I., *The Silurian system* 1839; text on fossil shells and all but 6 plates by S. - (9) Bowerbank, J.S., *A history of the fossil fruits and seeds of the London Clay*, 1840. *Plates* by S. - (10) *Magazine of natural History*, 1829-1840, numerous notes and other small contributions. - (11) *Annals natural History* and *Annals Magazine natural History*, 1840-1841, many *plates* illustrating papers by other authors engraved or drawn and engraved by S.; these papers are all listed by Cleevely (1974). #### Handwriting J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 6(6): 397. 1974. #### Note James de Carle Sowerby was the son of James Sowerby (1757-1822) and Anne de Carle (1764-1815).