Item Carter MSS vii.3 - Howard Carter artworks: preliminary sketch, Luxor temple columns

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Carter MSS vii.3

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Howard Carter artworks: preliminary sketch, Luxor temple columns

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  • c. 1900-1907 (Creation)

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1 sheet

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(1874-1939)

Archival history

Formerly in the possession of A. C. Mace. The drawing was part of a gift from Carter to Mace.
Later, in the possession of Mace's daughter, Mrs Margaret Orr, then by descent to Mrs Orr's children, Mr David Orr and Mrs Alison Crawford.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Mr David Orr and Mrs Alison Crawford, Mace's grandchildren, in May 2022.

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Scope and content

Howard Carter's pencil sketch of some of the columns in the processional colonnade in Luxor Temple, with columns from a Coptic(?) building in the foreground.

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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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      • 46.4 x 35.4 cm

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      Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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      This drawing was a preliminary sketch used for Howard Carter's watercolour of the same. The watercolour is not in the Griffith Institute.

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