CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet One of his most famous

One of his most famous verbal inventions

Henri Joseph Harpignies (French

Matthew Carey

dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen

CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet One of his most famousCHARLES 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