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"

ca. 1851-52
calotype negative
17.4 X 22.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28001
81:1683:0169

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-169

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Buildings in the mountain at Wady Feran. 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 locations in Italy indicate that a more precise date for this image is March 1852. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
townscape
landscape, mountains
landscape, trees
architecture, ruins