Henry Salt, Ancient Excavations at Carli, India

Henry Salt

British · 1780–1827 · Painter, Draughtsman

Henry Salt was an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Henry Salt, A View At Lucknow, aquatintA View At LucknowOlympia Auctions · £650≈ $743≈ €741Sign up to see
  2. Henry Salt, A View near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good Hope, 1809, aquatint etching on paperA View near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good HopeStrauss & Co · ZAR 4,805≈ $279≈ £210≈ €240Sign up to see

Henry Salt’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Henry Salt, The Obelisk at Axum, hand coloured aquatint
The Obelisk at Axum
Chorley's · Apr 21, 2026
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Henry Salt, A View near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good Hope, 1809, aquatint etching on paper
A View near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good Hope, 1809
Strauss & Co · Oct 28, 2025
ZAR 4,805Sign up free to see
Henry Salt, A View At Lucknow, aquatint
A View At Lucknow
Olympia Auctions · Nov 9, 2022
£650Sign up free to see

Works in museum collections

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Henry Salt, Ancient Excavations at Carli, India
Ancient Excavations at Carli, India1809
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

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