Bestanddeel TAA iii.31 - Photographs: canopic chest and view of tomb

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TAA iii.31

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Photographs: canopic chest and view of tomb

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Naam van de archiefvormer

(1879-1940)

Biografie

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... »

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From the collection of Mr Francis Waring Robinson (1912-1977), Curator of Ancient and Medieval Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Presented by Mr William H. Peck, retired Curator of Ancient Art at the same institution, in April 2015.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

  • Photographic prints:
    1. 'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
    2. 'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
    3. 'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

  1. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  2. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  3. Reproduction may be sought from the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Burton negatives, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

Harry Burton produced two sets of negatives: one for Howard Carter, this set is now in the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, the second set was produced for Burton's employer, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Burton took two consecutive ... »

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