Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1924 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 framed painting
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
British artist. Born, Swaffham, Norfolk 1863. Died, London 1939. Brother of Howard C. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited regularly at the RA from 1883.
Historia archivística
Recorded as having hung in the dining-room-study of Carter's London home. Bequeathed by Carter to his niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1958. In 1959, Miss Walker sent the portrait to William Holder & Sons, picture cleaners and restorers, Brook Street, London. The painting was transported directly from William Holder & Sons to the Griffith Institute in May 1959.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Portrait of Howard Carter, oil painting by his brother William C., signed and dated '1924'.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
- Dimensions with frame: 139 x 111 cm
- Oil on canvas
- Signed and dated: 'William Carter 1924'
- Gilded wood frame, perspex glazing
Instrumentos de descripción
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Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Nota de publicación
- Illustrated London News 31 January 1925, fig. on p. 177 [upper right]
- Reeves, Nicholas 1990. The complete Tutankhamun: the king - the tomb - the royal treasure, fig. on p. 67 [upper right] (OEB 32978)
- Reeves, Nicholas and John H. Taylor 1992. Howard Carter before Tutankhamun, p. 172 fig. on 173 (OEB 35284)
- James, T. G. H. 1992. Howard Carter: the path to Tutankhamun, frontispiece (OEB 35269)
- Griffith Institute, 2022. Tutankhamun: excavating the archive, fig. 3 on p. 13 (OEB 298597)
Nota de publicación
- Griffith Institute Learning Pages: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/learning/look/carter-portrait.html
- Art UK, see https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/howard-carter-18741939-221250
- Detail, head and shoulders, see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4carter_p1924.html
Área de notas
Notas
- The portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1925. A photograph taken at that time shows a few subtle differences, which may be due to later restoration work as the painting was affected by water and smoke when Howard Carter’s London residence was damaged during the Blitz.