Identity area
Reference code
TAA iii.4
Title
Date(s)
- late 1970s to early 1980s (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
2 filing cabinet drawers
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British archaeologist and photographer. Born, Stamford 1879. Died, Asyut 1940. Began his photographic career in Florence with the art historian R. Cust. He was then engaged as a excavator at Thebes by Theodore Davis between 1910-14. Then from 1914 onwards he worked for the rest of his career as a photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His task was to record many of the royal and private tombs at Thebes. Between 1922 and 1933 he was lent by the Metropolitan Museum to Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to make a photographic record during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Archival history
Conservation set of film negatives, made from the original Burton negatives by the Ashmolean Museum Photographic Studio.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Copies of Harry Burton's negatives for the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
- This later set of film negatives was made from the original Burton large plate glass negatives (TAA.i.5) and small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A) after the negatives were conserved between 1980 and 1982.
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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
- Burton large glass plate negatives, see TAA.i.5.
- Burton small glass plate negatives, see TAA.i.5A.