Unidad documental simple TAA iii.25.2.12 - Hippopotamus head from couch (137), cigarette card

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Código de referencia

TAA iii.25.2.12

Título

Hippopotamus head from couch (137), cigarette card

Fecha(s)

  • 1926 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

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Volumen y soporte

1 cigarette card

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Nombre del productor

(1879-1940)

Historia biográfica

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 1... »

Nombre del productor

(1874-1939)

Historia biográfica

British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, ... »

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Presented by Mr Peter A. Clayton in December 2014, at the same time as TAA Archive iii.25.2.11.

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Alcance y contenido

  • Cigarette card issued by Wills's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Wonders of the Past: A Series of 50' (1926).
  • No. 12: 'Treasure from Tutankhamen's Tomb'.
  • Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0166.
  • View of one of the hippopotamus heads from the couch (137) of Tutankhamun, found in the Antechamber of the King's tomb.

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Copyright originally Churchman's Cigarettes. Permission to reproduce may be sought from the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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