Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1920s-1930s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
Metal canisters
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Original housing for Harry Burton's negatives.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
- 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.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Archived photographs for some of the canisters.