Salt, Henry, 1780-1827

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Great Britain--Foreign relations--Egypt
(lcsh) Great Britain--Foreign relations--Ethiopia
Topographical drawing
Egypt--Antiquities

found: Egypt: a descriptive poem with notes, 1824:title page (by a traveller; Alexandria : printed for the author by Alexander Draghi at the European Press) title page, Northwestern University copy (Henry Salt Esq Consul General of Egypt, handwritten in ink below credit line)

found: Royal Collection Trust website, viewed May 22, 2023(Henry Salt (1780-1827), A voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of the country: executed under the orders of the Britih Government in the years 1809 and 1810..., 1814; an illustrated account of Henry Salt's travels in Egyptia 1809-11; Salt was an artist, diplomat and early Egyptologist, trained under Joseph Farington and later John Hoppner, his skills were in topographical drawing; in 1805 he traveled from India to Ethiopia to meet with Wolde Selassie, regent, in order to open up trade with Britain; returned to Ethiopia in 1809)

found: Wikipedia, May 22, 2023(Henry Salt (Egyptologist) English artist, traveler, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist; born in Lichfield on 14 June 1780; traveled on an eastern tour beginning 1802 with George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, as secretary and draughtsman, on British East India Company's ship Minerva to India via the Cape Colony; explored the Cape of Good Hope, India, and Red Sea area; recommended for Consul General of Egypt position by Lord Valendia in 1815; arrived in Alexandria, then Cairo in 1816; worked on his mission of securing antiquities and artifacts for the British Museum; carried out archaeological research at the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx; died at age 47 on 30 October 1827 in Desouk, Egypt; buried in Alexandria where he was stationed as Consul General; his paintings, papers, and artifacts collected by him remain in the possession of the British Museum)