This is an image of a print of a hand coloured copper engraving by James Sowerby (1757-1822). It describes a specimen of <i>Crocus nudiflorus</i> (Naked-flowering Crocus) as it appeared in <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/English_Botany" title="English Botany">English Botany</a> </i>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a>
1798
Originally appeared <i>English Botany</i> , the botanical part by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Smith" title="James Edward Smith">James Edward Smith</a>; the figures by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a>.  This digital image obtained from the a website called Prints Past, where the source is erroneously given as 'Sowerby's English Botany'. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.printspast.com/selected-print-sc.asp?PrintID=10230491&amp;Return=sowerby-botanical-prints.htm">[1]</a> is appended with the detail given below.