Sandy Bay Valley in the Island of St. Helena

by Henry Salt

$2,400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington, R.A., and in 1800 of John Hoppner, R.A. The turning

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