Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1920s-1930s (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Metal canisters
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Archival history
Original housing for Harry Burton's negatives.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Several tin plate canisters for 8- by 10-inch glass-plate negatives.
- Measurements (a) 25.6 x 19.6 x 11.3 cm; (b) 25.8 x 19.6 x 9.1 cm [TAA ii.25.1-2].
- Bear labels including: 'Sensitive to Light! To be opened only in the presence of the receiver'
- Originally contained the negatives created by Harry Burton during the Tutankhamun excavation. The canisters no longer contain the negatives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived photographs for some of the canisters.