Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Saint Peter's Square and Vatican
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Rome"

ca. 1850-1
calotype negative
17.5 x 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28137
81:1683:0044

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-44

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Vatican from the Piazza St.Pietro"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Slips attached at tupper corners. See salted paper print 81:1683:311. See calotype negative 81:1683:43 (variant). Variant in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:20). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
cityscape, square / Saint Peter's
architecture, religious / Vatican
artifact, fountain