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HENRY SALT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Salt (* Litchfield 1780 or 1785, + Cairo 1827). Trained painter at the Royal Academy visited India and North Africa. He was sent on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia, from 1809-1811. Later he was appointed Consul-General to Egypt, where he financed some excavations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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