Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Minaret of the Tomb of Sultan Berkook
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

Nov.1851
calotype negative
22.4 x 17.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28115
81:1683:0155

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-155

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 55, 109.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Minarets of the Tomb of Sultan Berkook with Mosk & tomb of Sultan Eshraf in Distance. Cairo. Nov.1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. 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.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, minaret
cityscape