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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.
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- Harry Burton photographs.
- The photographs have been cut down and mounted onto file cards.
- Originally probably intended for Penelope Fox's book.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Penelope Fox was the Assistant Secretary in the Griffith Institute, during the late 1940s to early 1950s.