Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

1851-52
calotype negative
17.0 X 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27984
81:1683:0161

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-161

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Wady Feran from our encampment. March 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. One slip at upper right corner and lower left corner. See positive 81:1683:307. Although inscription states date for image as 1851, other inscribed images of locations in Italy indicate that a more precise date for this image is March 1852. Catalogued 8/92, MAP

SUBJECT: landscape, valley