John Shaw Smith

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81:1683:0140

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Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Peristylium and Impluvium of the House of Pansa
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Pompei"

Sept. 1851
calotype negative
16.9 x 21.9 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28174
81:1683:0140

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-140

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Peristylium surrounded with colonade & impluvium of the House of Pansa. the Gardens behind & Vesuvius. Pompeii Sept 1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. See negative 81:1683:146 (variants). Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, ruins

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