Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Head of the Sphinx at Giza
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

Feb. 1852
calotype negative
17.5 x 22.8 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28129
81:1683:0159

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-159

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 116.//
Adam, Hans Christian. "John Shaw Smith (1811-1833), --Fotografie--, No 17/18, 1982. p. 94.//
Perez, Nissan N. --Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885).-- New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. fig. 66.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Head of Sphinx. Febry 1852"

NOTES: Bibliographic references listed indicate positive reproductions of negative. According to Nancy Barrett this image is reproduced in Smith's album entitled "Egypt" which is held in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, ancient / Sphinx, The