Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
Titolo
Date
- 1824-1834 (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Consistenza e supporto
1 package with 9 photographs and 1 small box
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
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.
Storia archivistica
Not known.
Modalità di acquisizione
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.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
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.
Valutazione e scarto
Incrementi
Sistema di ordinamento
Kept as received.
Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso
Condizioni di accesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Condizioni di riproduzione
Copyright British Library, London.
Lingua dei materiali
Scrittura dei materiali
Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura
Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici
The board on which the photographs are mounted is fragile. Must be handled with care.
Strumenti di ricerca
Catalogue for Burton MSS 25618-25658 in the British Library.
Area dei materiali collegati
Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali
Manuscript Collections, British Library, London.
Esistenza e localizzazione di copie
Not known.
Unità di descrizione collegate
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 bibliografica
Not published.