Identity area
Reference code
TAA iii.16
Title
Date(s)
- 1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
53 albums containing approximately 2,500 photographic prints
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 R. 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
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Complete set of Burton photographs.
- For consultation by visiting researchers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
- Arranged thematically.
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.