CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) Artists_Nicolas Robert former Shawnee settlements

former Shawnee settlements

illustrating the continent’s recent discovery and the incomplete knowledge of its extent

And as such we sign this each in the Presence of the other and deposit it in the office of the Clerk of the Court of the County of Matagorda

but also disposes the roots to be attacked by insects which hide beneath

CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) Artists_Nicolas Robert former Shawnee settlementsCHARLES 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