Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

Sept. 1851
calotype negative
17.1 x 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28180
81:1683:0146

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-146

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "House of Pansa from the Street. Pompeii. Vesuvius in the distance. Sept.1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at upper corners and one in the center. See calotype negative 81:1683:140 (variants). Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins / House of Pansa
landscape, mountainous / Vesuvius mountains