Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

October 24, 1851
calotype negative
17.5 x 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28122
81:1683:0176

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-176

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. 42.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "interior of Parthenon. East and south sides. Mount Hymettus [?] in the distance. Athens 24 Oct. 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. See calotype negatives 81:1683:174, 177 (variants). 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.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, temple / Parthenon
interior, temple