Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Townscape, Montreux
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Switzerland"

August 1852
calotype negative
16.6 x 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27965
81:1683:0024

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-24

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 94.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Montreux. Canton Vaud. Aug.1852"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at upper corners. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
townscape
architecture, cottages