CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet Grand Indian Crossing

Grand Indian Crossing

dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen

One of his most famous verbal inventions

Matthew Carey

and twice nearly destroyed theFrench colonies with their warriors alone" (Field 268

CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet Grand Indian CrossingCHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794 1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) Watercolor and graphite with touches of gum Arabic on paper [Birmingham: 1830s] Paper size: 15 x 10 in. CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 17941861) Charles Empson, a print and watercolor dealer based in Bath, England, undertook a demanding three year journey through the northern regions of South Americaprimarily present day Colombiafrom 1824 to 1827. His original drawings of exotic South