John Shaw Smith

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81:1683:0084

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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"

ca. 1850-51
calotype negative
17.4 x 22.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28203
81:1683:0084

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-84

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Colliseum [sic]"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Two short slips on the upper corners. See other views of the Colosseum, taken from the Farnese garden, calotype negatives 81:1683:70 & 82. Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins / Coloseum
architecture, church / Saint John of Lateran

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Colosseum from the Farnese Gardens

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