Ancient Excavations at Carli, India
1809 · lithograph print

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Henry Salt was a British draughtsman and antiquarian working in pencil and watercolor during the early nineteenth century. His drawings of archaeological sites and classical subjects functioned simultaneously as scholarly records and finished artworks, combining archaeological precision with aesthetic refinement. Based in Lichfield, Salt's practice bridged documentation and artistic expression, establishing the draughtsman as both observer and interpreter of material culture.
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