Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Uzbekeeh Square
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

Nov. 1851
calotype negative
17.2 x 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28082
81:1683:0153

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-153

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. il 52, 106.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Part of the Square of the Uzbekeeh. Cairo. Nov.1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at the upper angles. See positive 81:1683:351. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative, in the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. According to Nancy Barrett this image is reproduced in Smith's album entitled "Egypt" which is also held in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Variant in the HRHRC Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:66). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: cityscape, square / Uzbekeeh Square