Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 2022 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 package
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Peeters Publishers in 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Printed twelve-month calendar, each month featuring a different colourised Harry Burton photograph.
- Burton images supplied by the Griffith Institute.
- Two copies.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.