Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Parthenon
SERIES TITLE: Group pf negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Athens"

October 24, 1851
calotype negative
17.2 x 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28054
81:1683:0174

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-174

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. 41.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "East front and south side of the Parthenon. Athens 24th Oct. 1851"

NOTES: See calotype negatives 81:1683:176, 177 (variants). Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Parthenon