Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

1852
calotype negative
16.7 X 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27992
81:1683:0167

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-167

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 66.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Convent of Sinai"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. See calotype negative 81:1683:168. See albumen print 81:1683:323. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative. Positive reproduction of this negative is located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins / Sinai Convent
landscape, mountains