Lot 324
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After Henry Salt
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After Henry Salt

View near Point de Galle, Ceylon; and Pagodas at Trinchicunum, (Abbey Travel 515, nos. 9,13 from Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt)

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After Henry Salt
View near Point de Galle, Ceylon; and Pagodas at Trinchicunum, (Abbey Travel 515, nos. 9,13 from Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt)
hand-coloured aquatints, published by W. Miller, London, 1809, wove paper
P. 17 x 23¼in. (43 x 59cm.) (2)
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Lot Essay

Salt left London in 1802 for a tour of the east with George Annesley, Viscount Valentia (later Lord Mountnorris) as his secretary and draughtsman. He visited India and Ceylon and took part in the first British mission to Abyssinia.

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