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Carter MSS vi.6.4
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Publication draft: Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation
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- c. 1917-1922 (Creation)
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37 pages
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(1874-1939)
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Howard Carter's annotated draft typescript, for an article titled 'Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation', not published and no mention of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- Carter numbered most of the pages: "1" to "29"
- The typescript contains the following headings:
- [title page] Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation
- Introductory
- Origin
- Generation
- Deterioration
- History
- The Art of the Middle Kingdom, 2160 - 1780 B.C.
- The Art of the New Empire, First and Second Period - 1580-1350-1150 B.C.
- Intention
- Interpretation. Cause of certain effects in delineation
- Renaissance
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Note
The latest referenced date in the typescript is for a 1917 publication by H. E. Winlock in Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 1917.