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
16.6 x 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28121
81:1683:0177

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-177

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. 40.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "West of Front of Parthenon, built by Pericles about 370 years before Christ. lenght of Temple 228 ft. 100 ft. wide. The Columns at base 18 ft. 6 in circumference and 34 ft. high. Athens 24th Oct. 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at upper corners. See calotype negatives 81:1683:174, 176 (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.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Parthenon