Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vii.2
Title
Howard Carter artworks: watercolour, 'Theban landscape with figures and tent'
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Reported to have been hung above Howard Carter's desk in his house 'Carter Castle II' at Thebes. The house was bequeathed by Carter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Theban Expedition, who cleared the house in 1940 and shipped much of the documentation back to New York.
The watercolour was then in two private collections in the U.S.A.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by a private collector in the U.S.A.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's watercolour of a 'Theban landscape with figures and tent'.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- 37.8 x 53.3
- Not mounted, stored in enclosure.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.