Identificatie
referentie code
TAA iii.5
Titel
Modern contact prints: made from Burton small negatives
Datum(s)
- early 1980s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Reeks
Omvang en medium
Context
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 R. 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
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
- Set of modern photographic prints made from Harry Burton's original set of small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A), made after the original negatives were conserved.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
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