Henry Salt had returned from Abyssinia to…
1809 CE
His journey home had taken him through Egypt, where he had met the pasha Muhammad Ali.
Salt's paintings from the trip are used in Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India, published in 1809.
The originals of all the drawings are kept by Valentia, as also the copper plates after Salt's death.
The format and style of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's work, "Oriental Scenery" (1795-1808).
Salt returns to Ethiopia in 1809 on a government mission to explore trade and diplomatic links with the Tigrayan warlord Ras Wolde Selassie.
Upon arrival, he is unable to meet with the king due to unrest in the country so instead he goes to stay with his friend the ras of Tigré.
During this venture, Salt takes on the side mission of verifying and correcting the information about the region reported by the Scottish traveler, James Bruce many years earlier.
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