Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.25
Title
Transporting Tutankhamun's chair (87), photograph
Date(s)
- 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Formerly owned by Lillian McCarthy, Shakespearian actress, wife of Granville Barker. Presented by Dafydd Lloyd-Phillips, 8 March 1982.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Photograph, photographer not known.
- Taken in early 1923.
- One of Tutankhamun's chairs (87) in transit from the King's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (tomb KV15, Sethos II).
- Photograph probably The Times.
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 probably originally The Times.
Reproduction of image, contact Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.