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Henry Salt entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. During the sailing, on October 13th 1809 he anchored in Mocha where he remained, housed at the British Factory, until December 14th. It is probably during this stay that he had the chance to take this view; before starting his career as officer of the British government, he was an antiquarian and wanted to become a painter., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Signed in the plate "Salt del[ineavit], Angus sculp[sit]"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2013.0014, Book, Item-ID: i23861599, BIB-ID: 2537118, See Halls, J. J., Salt, H., & Victoria and Albert Museum. (1834). The life and correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq. F.R.S. &c: His Britannic Majesty's late Consul General in Egypt. London: Richard Bentley; Salt, H. (1814). A Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810: In which are included, an Account of the Portugese settlements on the East Coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage : a Concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix : and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt : together with Vocabularies of their respective languages. London: Rivington. |
