CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet Jealous of the preservation of
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
Jealous of the preservation of living beings endowed with sensitivity and reason
Rumsey 026
One of his most famous verbal inventions
dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen
with the aid of which one can easily study and learn cosmography and see the entire picture of the world
CHARLES EMPSON (BRITISH, 1794-1861) Tilandia Lingulata (Scarlet Star) scarlet Jealous of the preservation ofCHARLES 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