Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vii.1
Title
Howard Carter artworks: album of watercolours of birds and animals
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 album
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Part of Howard Carter's estate. Bequeathed to Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker in 1939.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's album of watercolours:
- Containing 16 pages with 30 watercolour illustrations
- Birds and animals and their hieroglyphic equivalents
- Full catalogue with descriptions for each watercolour, see online publication weblinks below
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
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Some reproduced in The Illustrated London News, Christmas 1944, pages 31-34.
- Online publication, directed by Jaromir Malek:
- Catalogue, caption texts by Jiří Janák and John Wyatt: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/Carter_birds.html
- Gallery of images: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/Carter_birds_gallery.html