Bereich "Identifikation"
Signatur
J. Burton MSS
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1824-1834 (Anlage)
Erschließungsstufe
Sammlung
Umfang und Medium
1 package with 9 photographs and 1 small box
Bereich "Kontext"
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
British Egyptologist and traveller. Born, London 1788. Died, Edinburgh 1862. Educated Trinity College, Cambridge. BA, 1810. MA, 1815. Worked initially for the architect Sir John Soane, 1819-22. Burton then travelled to Italy where he met Sir W. Gell, E. W. Lane, and Sir J. G. Wilkinson. In 1822 he was engaged to survey for coal as part of the Geological Survey of Egypt. He accompanied Wilkinson on his exploration of the Eastern Desert, 1824, then travelled with Lane, 1825. During his time in Egypt, he cleared parts of Karnak, Medînet Habu, and tombs in the Valley of the Kings, as well as assembling a large corpus of material comprised of drawings, plans, copies of inscriptions, and notes. He collected antiquities, which he sold via Sotheby's in 1836. He remained in Egypt until 1834, returning to England, 1835. Many of Burton's drawings and maps are among the Hay MSS.
Bestandsgeschichte
Not known.
Abgebende Stelle
Not known. Some photographs may have come with the Somers Clarke MSS. The microfilm roll was transferred from the Sackler Library Archive Room in November 2018.
Bereich "Inhalt und innere Ordnung"
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
9 mounted photographs made from drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada.
Microfilm roll with copies of the Burton MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.
Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung
Zuwächse
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Kept as received.
Bedingungen des Zugriffs- und Benutzungsbereichs
Benutzungsbedingungen
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Reproduktionsbedingungen
Copyright British Library, London.
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache
Schrift in den Unterlagen
Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift
Physische Beschaffenheit und technische Anforderungen
The board on which the photographs are mounted is fragile. Must be handled with care.
Findmittel
Catalogue for Burton MSS 25618-25658 in the British Library.
Bereich Sachverwandte Unterlagen
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen
Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien
Not known.
Verwandte Verzeichnungseinheiten
Anmerkung zur Veröffentlichung
Not published.