Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Convent of Sinai and plain of El Raher
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

ca. 1851-2
calotype negative
17.0 X 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27990
81:1683:0166

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-166

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Convent garden at Sinai and plain El Raher when the Israilites are supposed to have encamp? March 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. Although inscription states date for image as 1851, other inscribed images of different locations in Italy indicate that a more precise date for this image is March 1852. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins
landscape, plain / Plain of El Raher
architecture, convent / Sinai Convent