Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1824-1834 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 package with 9 photographs and 1 small box
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Histoire archivistique
Not known.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
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.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright British Library, London.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The board on which the photographs are mounted is fragile. Must be handled with care.
Instruments de recherche
Catalogue for Burton MSS 25618-25658 in the British Library.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Not known.
Unités de description associées
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)).
Note de publication
Not published.