Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1924 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 framed painting
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Histoire archivistique
Recorded as having hung in the dining-room-study of Carter's London home. Bequeathed by Carter to his niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
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.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Portrait of Howard Carter, oil painting by his brother William C., signed and dated '1924'.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
- Dimensions with frame: 139 x 111 cm
- Oil on canvas
- Signed and dated: 'William Carter 1924'
- Gilded wood frame, perspex glazing
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Note de publication
- 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)
Note de publication
- 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
Zone des notes
Note
- 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.