H. Salt, Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt
Etching and Aquatint
1809 (printed)
1809 (printed)
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Coloured aquatints, with additional colouring by hand, preserved in a portfolio. Each plate lettered with title, plate number, name of engraver, ‘Drawn By Henry Salt’ and, variously, ‘Published as the Act directs by William Miller, Albemarle Street’.
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| Materials and techniques | Coloured aquatints, with additional colouring by hand |
| Brief description | Coloured aquatint depicting Asmara in Abyssinia (modern day Eritrea), from a portfolio of loose plates (9 from a set of 24) after drawings by Henry Salt, from the plate volume of 'H. Salt, Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt', 2 volumes. Great Britain, 1809. |
| Physical description | Coloured aquatints, with additional colouring by hand, preserved in a portfolio. Each plate lettered with title, plate number, name of engraver, ‘Drawn By Henry Salt’ and, variously, ‘Published as the Act directs by William Miller, Albemarle Street’. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Accession number | SP.537:1 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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