Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Corinthian Tomb at Petra
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

March 1852
calotype negative
22.0 X 16.7 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27980
81:1683:0170

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-170

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. 70.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Corinthian Tomb at Petra. March 1852"

NOTES: Two slips along right edge. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative. Positive reproduction of this negative is located in a private collection. Variant in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:71). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, tomb / Corinthian