Identificatie
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Titel
Datum(s)
- 1951 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
5 printers' blocks or plates
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
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 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.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
All, except for plate 28, presented by Susanne Woodhouse in 2015 and 2024 (Ann el-Mokaden Librarian, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, & Subject Librarian (Egyptology), Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library), University of Oxford), who acquired them around 1999 from Mr John Taylor, former Griffith Institute Librarian, when clearing his desk.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
- Set of 5 brass printing plates.
- Used for the production of Fox, Penelope 1951. Tutankhamun’s Treasure London: Oxford University Press [OEB 2854]
- plate 28
- plate 30
- plate 48 B [left]
- plate 48 C [upper & lower]
- plate 49 A [left]
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
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Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
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Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Penelope Fox was the Assistant Secretary in the Griffith Institute, during the late 1940s to early 1950s.