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- c. 1923-1933 (Creación)
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Volumen y soporte
1 wood lantern slide case containing glass lantern slides
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Historia biográfica
British archaeologist and photographer. Born, Stamford 1879. Died, Asyut 1940. Began his photographic career in Florence with the art historian Henry Hobart Cust. He was then engaged as a excavator at Thebes by Theodore Davis between 1910-14. Then from 1914 onwards he worked for the rest of his career as a photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His task was to record many of the royal and private tombs at Thebes. Between 1922 and 1933 he was lent by the Metropolitan Museum to Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to make a photographic record during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Historia archivística
Part of Howard Carter's estate. Bequeathed to Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker in 1939.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
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Alcance y contenido
Howard Carter's lantern slides featuring Harry Burton's photographs taken during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- A twelve-drawered wood chest containing 632 glass lantern slides
- Belonging to Howard Carter.
- The lantern slides were made from Harry Burton's images.
- Used by Carter in his lectures.
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Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Notas
- While the number was long reported as "over 600", a reassessment in September-October 2025 determined the updated total to be 632.