British consul Henry Salt

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British consul Egyptologist artist diplomat human traveler

British consul Henry Salt was an English artist, traveler, diplomat, and Egyptologist best known for his role in acquiring major collections of Egyptian antiquities for the British Museum in the early 19th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British consul ⓘ Egyptologist ⓘ artist ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ traveler ⓘ
associatedWith	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptology ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Giovanni Battista Belzoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
collected	Egyptian papyri ⓘ Egyptian reliefs ⓘ Egyptian sarcophagi ⓘ Egyptian statues ⓘ
collectionsSoldTo	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	early 19th century ⓘ
familyName	Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Egyptology ⓘ art ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ
genre	landscape painting ⓘ topographical drawing ⓘ
givenName	Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
name	Henry Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	assembled major collections of Egyptian antiquities in the early 19th century ⓘ contributed to early European Egyptology through collecting and documentation ⓘ facilitated transfer of large Egyptian collections to the British Museum ⓘ
notableFor	acquiring Egyptian antiquities for the British Museum ⓘ early 19th-century explorations in Northeast Africa ⓘ
notableWork	collection of Egyptian antiquities known as the Salt Collection ⓘ
occupation	Egyptologist ⓘ consul ⓘ diplomat ⓘ draughtsman ⓘ painter ⓘ traveler ⓘ
patronOf	Giovanni Battista Belzoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	British Consul-General in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
traveledTo	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Giovanni Battista Belzoni → employer → British consul Henry Salt ⓘ