Zona de identificação
Código de referência
J. Burton MSS
Título
Data(s)
- 1824-1834 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Dimensão e suporte
1 package with 9 photographs and 1 small box
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
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.
História do arquivo
Not known.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
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.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
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.
Avaliação, selecção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Sistema de organização
Kept as received.
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Condiçoes de reprodução
Copyright British Library, London.
Idioma do material
Script do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
The board on which the photographs are mounted is fragile. Must be handled with care.
Instrumentos de descrição
Catalogue for Burton MSS 25618-25658 in the British Library.
Zona de documentação associada
Existência e localização de originais
Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Existência e localização de cópias
Not known.
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
Nota de publicação
Not published.