| LC control no. | no 97054561 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Salt, Henry, 1780-1827 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | India Ethiopia Egypt |
| Birth date | 1780-06-14 |
| Death date | 1827-10-30 |
| Place of birth | Lichfield (England) |
| Place of death | Desouk (Egypt) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Foreign relations--Egypt Great Britain--Foreign relations--Ethiopia Topographical drawing Egypt--Antiquities |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats Egyptologists Travel writers Explorers Artists Illustrators |
| Found in | A voyage to Abyssinia ... 1816: t.p. (Henry Salt, Esq. F.R.S. &c.) LC in OCLC, 9/18/97 (hdg.: Salt, Henry, 1780-1827; no usage) 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) 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) 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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