Harry Burton
Harry Burton (born September 13, 1879 in Stamford (Lincolnshire) , † June 27, 1940 in Assiut , Egypt ) worked as a photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the 1920s and 1930s in Egypt.
Harry was the son of cabinet makers William Burton and Ann Hufton. As the 5th of 11 children, Robert Needham Cust (1821–1909) took care of him and took care of his education. After 20 years of service as a lawyer for the East India Company, he had returned to England in 1868 and was now devoting himself entirely to his studies in history, geography, oriental languages and religion. Cust was a religious person and socially minded. He later made Burton his secretary and took him to Florence.
In Florence, Burton developed his skills with the camera and became known as a talented photographer of paintings. Here he also met Theodore M. Davis , the rich American who had a concession to excavate the Valley of the Kings in Egypt . Davis hired Burton as a photographer in 1910 and later even as an excavation manager.
When Davis gave up his concession in 1914, Burton was hired by Albert M. Lythgoe as the photographer of the Metropolitan Museum's Egypt expedition , a position he held until his death. Harry Burton was a photographer on Howard Carter's excavation team during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb ( KV62 ) in the Valley of the Kings.
literature
- Susan J. Allen: Tutankhamun's Tomb, The Thrill of Discovery (Photographs by Harry Burton). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2006. ISBN 0300120265 .
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , p. 96.
Web links
- H. Burton, Tutankhamun tomb photographs. S photographic record in 5 albums containing 490 original photographic prints; representing the excavations of the tomb of Tutankhamun and its contents (Volume 1), ca.1922
- Tutankhamun in You Tube from the Metropolitan Museum
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burton, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stamford (Lincolnshire) , Lincolnshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1940 |
| Place of death | Assiut , Egypt |