Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- late 1970s to early 1980s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
2 filing cabinet drawers
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
Conservation set of film negatives, made from the original Burton negatives by the Ashmolean Museum Photographic Studio.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
- Copies of Harry Burton's negatives for the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
- This later set of film negatives was made from the original Burton large plate glass negatives (TAA.i.5) and small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A) after the negatives were conserved between 1980 and 1982.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
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
- Burton large glass plate negatives, see TAA.i.5.
- Burton small glass plate negatives, see TAA.i.5A.