Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.27
Title
Transporting textiles and a footstool, photograph
Date(s)
- 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
Name of creator
(1867-1945)
Name of creator
(1879-1963)
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
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.
- Two Egyptian team members transporting trays from Tutankhamun's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (tomb KV15, Sethos II). The first tray contains textiles(?), the second tray contains a decorated footstool. Howard Carter walks in the foreground, on the left side.
- 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.
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 scan in Griffith Institute.