John Shaw Smith

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81:1683:0082

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Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Colosseum from the Farnese Gardens
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Coloseum.Forum.Rome"

January 1851
salted paper print
17.0 x 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28206
81:1683:0082

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-82

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Coliseum. Rome. January 1851"

NOTES: See salted paper print 81:1683:283. Plate waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two short slips attached at the upper corners. Watermark "J.Whatman Turkey Mill". See other views of the Colosseum taken from the Farnese gardens, calotype negatives 81:1683:70 & 84. Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, monument / Colosseum
architecture, monument / Meta Sudans

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Colosseum from the Farnese Gardens

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