Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1824-1834 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 package with 9 photographs and 1 small box
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia 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.
Historia archivística
Not known.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Not known. Some photographs may have come with the Somers Clarke MSS. The microfilm roll was transferred from the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library) Archive Room in November 2018.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Kept as received.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Condiciones
Copyright British Library, London.
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
The board on which the photographs are mounted is fragile. Must be handled with care.
Instrumentos de descripción
Catalogue for Burton MSS 25618-25658 in the British Library.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Existencia y localización de copias
Not known.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Other Archives:
- Squeezes made by Burton in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, London.
- Burton MSS, in Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Griffith Institute Archive:
- Copy of a letter written by Burton to W. J. Bankes regarding Champollion's proposed work in the tomb of Sethos I (KV17), in Newberry MSS (box marked 'Sites - Thebes' (PEN/G.VII/E.B)).
Nota de publicación
Not published.