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Henry Salt (14 June 1780 – 30 October 1827) was an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist. [1] Biography. Early life. Salt, the son of Thomas Salt who was a physician and Alice née Butt, was born in Lichfield on 14 June 1780.
HENRY SALT, CONSUL IN EGYPT 1816-1827 AND PIONEER EGYPTOLOGIST1. By C. E. BOSWORTH, M.A., Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ARABIC STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.
Dec 23, 2016 · A primeira casa moderna construída na Necrópole foi justamente a casa de um egiptólogo, Giovanni d' Athanasi, que trabalhava para Henry Salt, cônsul britânico, à procura de objetos ...
Dec 10, 2015 · One of the finest artists to visit Ethiopia in early nineteenth century was the Egyptologist Henry Salt (14 June 1780 – 30 October 1827). Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Salt studied Classics and later went to London to join he Royal Academy Antique School.
Henry Salt was an artist, diplomat and early Egyptologist. Training under Joseph Farington and later John Hoppner, Salt’s skills were in topographical drawing, a useful ability to have as a traveller.
Preliminary results suggest that Henry Salt now seems almost forgotten in his native city, with almost half of the participants unaware that Henry Salt was from Lichfield. About 80% of the participants did not know of his work and contribution to Egyptology and The British Museum.
Henry Salt is best known in Egyptology for collecting antiquities, many of which came from Thebes and were acquired by the British Museum. He was born in Lichfield, England in 1780, the son of a local doctor, and trained as a painter of portraits, studying at the Royal Academy under Farington and Hoppner.
