The plain of Peladeros, Colombia, looking towards the Cordilleras. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

  • Empson, Charles, active 1836.
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[1836]
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678034i
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Places in Colombia. Coloured etchings and lithographs by C. Empson, 1836.
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The plain of Peladeros, Colombia, looking towards the Cordilleras. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"On the verge of the extensive plain of Peladeros stands the house of Don Manuel Garcia, the owner of a princely domain, for which one of his ancestors paid a thousand doubloons, but which was offered in the year 1832 for five hundred dollars. The estate consists of upwards of three thousand acres, and includes almost every variety of soil and climate. The range of mountains which rise from this Savannah are called El Ruis, from the prevailing rusty hue of their lofty slopes. Nearly all the mountain-streams are rich in gold, and still prove a source of existence to a few miners. " (Empson. loc. cit.)

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[London] : [Ackermann and Co.] : [Charles Tilt], [1836]

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1 print : etching, with gouache and gum arabic ; sheet 15.5 x 23.2 cm

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Peladeros. Seventh narrative Lettering in ink on verso

References note

Charles Empson, Narratives of South America, illustrating manners, customs, and scenery: containing also numerous facts in natural history; collected during a four years' residence in tropical regions, London 1836, pp. 105-106
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 702.9

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Wellcome Collection 678034i

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