[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) HALL HENRY: (1873-1930)

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) HALL HENRY: (1873-1930)

[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. HALL HENRY: (1873-1930) English Egyptologist and historian. A.L.S., H. R. Hall, one page, 8vo, London, 30th July 1930, to Howard Carter (´My dear Carter´), on the printed stationery of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. Hall informs Carter that ´Sir Robert Witt has written to me to say that the Council of the National Art Collections Fund is interested in both pieces of sculpture, particularly the head of Rameses´ although adds that Witt ´feels bound to postpone any decision on the subject until the first meeting after the holidays, probably in October, by which time they would know better where they stood, in view of the purchase of the Bedford Book of Hours´. About EX

Robert Witt (1872-1952) British art historian, a co-founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and chairman of the National Art Collections Fund from 1921-45.

Carter acted as a part-time dealer in Egyptian antiquities for both collectors and museums and the source of a number of items in his personal collection is shrouded in controversy. Over a dozen pieces he owned were identified after Carter's death as having been taken by the Egyptologist from Tutankhamun's tomb without authorisation.