A View at Lucknow

by Henry Salt

$3,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A view of Lucknow showing the famous Asafi Mosque. Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England on 14 June 1780. He was determined to become a portrait-painter, and upon leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London to study with Joseph Farington, R.A., and then with John Hoppner, R.A. in 1800. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802,

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