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
17.4 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27982
81:1683:0162

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-162

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Gebal Serbal from Wady Feran March 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink and pencil. Two slips at upper corners. 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 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: landscape, valley