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Henry Salt

English artist, traveller, diplomat, and egyptologist (1780-1827)

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Images from the collections

Images by Henry Salt

4 images from works
  • Two African oxen with huge horns standing on a hillside. Etching by C. Heath, ca 1814, after H. Salt.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Salt.
  • Ethiopia: six Ethiopians resting, and the sailor Pierce in Ethiopian dress. Aquatint by C. Botigela, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.
  • Ethiopia: the house of Ras Uelletta Selasse at Antalow. Aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.

Works from the collections

10 works

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    Ethiopia: the house of Ras Uelletta Selasse at Antalow. Aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.

    Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. | Date: [1819] | Reference: 2498784i
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    Ancient excavations at Carli. Aquatint by D. Havell, 1809, after H.Salt.

    Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. | Date: May 1 1809 | Reference: 590333i
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    View near the village of Asceriah, in Eritrea. Aquatint by R. Havell, 1809, after H.Salt.

    Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. | Date: May 1 1809 | Reference: 590332i
    • Books
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    Essay on Dr. Young's and M. Champollion's phonetic system of hieroglyphics; with some additional discoveries [and the genealogical table of Abydos, by W.J. Bankes] By which it may be applied to decipher the names of the ancient kings of Egypt and Ethiopia / By Henry Salt.

    Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. | Date: 1825
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    Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh: the river Gumti (Gomti, Gomati) with the fort in the distance. Coloured aquatint by D. Havell after H. Salt, 1809.

    Salt, Henry, 1780-1827. | Date: May 1st 1809 | Reference: 588497i

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Ethiopia

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