Identity area
Reference code
Petrie MSS 4.1
Nadpis
Modern 35mm negatives of Petrie's photographs taken at the Giza Museum in Cairo
Date(s)
- 1986 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1853-1942)
Archival history
The original nitrate negatives were formerly in the Petrie Museum of Archaeology, University College London.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The nitrate negatives of the so-called "Giza photographs" were presented by the Petrie Museum of Archaeology in 1985, along with the "Italian Museums Photographs" (see Petrie MSS 3.3). Modern 35mm negatives were created from the nitrate negatives and the ... »
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Modern negatives created from Petrie's original nitrate negatives which were then deaccessioned.
These photographs were numbered by Petrie himself and are the same as in the album of photographs titled 'Koptos and Ghizeh Museum' (Petrie MSS 5.4, ... »
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford