Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS v.150
Title
Carter House: photograph, stamped brick
Date(s)
- 1985 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 page and 1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr P. M. White, letter enclosing the photograph, February 1985.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter and photograph regarding a brick found at E. & W. Lake Ltd, Park Road, Newhall, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. These premises were formerly the site of a brickworks owned by Lord Carnarvon, that produced the bricks which were shipped to Egypt for the construction of Carter's house "Castle Carter" (Castle Carter II) at Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.
- Photograph of a sample brick stamped "MADE AT BRETBY ENGLAND FOR HOWARD CARTER A.D. THEBES 1910".
- Photocopy of the letter from Mr P. M. White to the Keeper of the Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, dated 16 February 1985.
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Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.