Johann Georg Sturm

Johann Georg Sturm (1742–1793) was a German natural history illustrator noted for the plates in Joseph Gaertner's De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum, and for co-authoring Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen.[1] He was the father of Jacob Sturm (1771–1848), a noted entomologist, who engraved the illustrations for the supplement to De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum.

Self portrait, 1775
Plate from De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum

References
  1. "Sturm, Johann Georg". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved Dec 20, 2022.

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