Identity area
Reference code
MMA Photographs
Title
Date(s)
- 1900s-1940s (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
20 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Photographs acquired by exchange for Ashmolean Museum photographs, with Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, before 1955.
Supplementary photographs presumably purchased in 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Thebes, private tombs: one incomplete set of Series T photographs [15 boxes] and a few duplicate photographs of the same [2 boxes], there are also some glass negatives of some of the same [1 box]
- Thebes, Valley of the Kings, royal tombs: an incomplete set of photographs [1 box]
- Thebes. Valley of the Queens, the tomb of Nefertari (QV 66), photographs [1 folder, in the same box as Valley of the Kings]
- Deir el-Bahari (Deir el-Bahri), Temple of Hatshepsut, incomplete set of photographs [1 box]
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
One set of the Theban tomb photographs arranged by tomb number, the other set (duplicates) is arranged by Metropolitan Museum photograph number. Set of photographs of Theban royal tombs arranged by tomb number. The Deir el-Bahari photographs are arranged by Metropolitan Museum number.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Catalogue filed in TopBib office.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Existence and location of copies
These are copies.
Related units of description
Publication note
Not known.