Collection W.M. Brunton MSS - Winifred Mabel Brunton Collection

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W.M. Brunton MSS

Title

Winifred Mabel Brunton Collection

Date(s)

  • c. 1910s (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 watercolour

Context area

Name of creator

(1880-1959)

Biographical history

British artist. Born, 1880. Died, Clocolan, Orange Free State, South Africa 1959. Married Guy Brunton in 1906. Produced water colour illustrations for her own publications, as well as for her husband's excavation reports.

Archival history

Formerly in the possession of the mother of Mrs P. M. Wilson, who was a friend of the Bruntons.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Mrs P. M. Wilson in 1988.

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Scope and content

Watercolour showing the initial stages of one of Howard Carter's excavations.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Kept as received

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Good condition.

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None.

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Existence and location of originals

This is an original.

Existence and location of copies

None.

Related units of description

Other Archives:
-Set of gouache paintings on ivory depicting some of the jewellery found in the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1930s).

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  • Shelf: 0618