Name of Object:

Salt Watercolours

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

1817

Inventory Number:

n/a

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

A watercolour scene showing the king before various gods from the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, drawn by Henry Salt shortly after the discovery of the tomb by the explorer Giovanni Belzoni in 1817. The freshness of the colours amazed the early travellers.

Type of Object

Watercolour

Citation of this web page:

"Salt Watercolours" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;105;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 105