Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Palace of the Caesars and the Arch of Constantine
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Coloseum, Forum, Rome"

1850-51
calotype negative
17.1 x 22.2 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28205
81:1683:0083

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-83

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. 21.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Palace of the Cesars and arch of Costantine from the third corridor of the Colliseum"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Two short slips at the upper corners. Bibliographic references listed indicate a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin and also a negative in the GEH collection. Catalogued 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins / Roman Forum
architecture, palace / Palace of the Caesars
architecture, monument / Arch of Costantine
architecture, ruins / Meta Sudans
landscape, hill / Palatine hill