Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Choragic Monument of Lycicrates
SERIES TITLE: "Athens"

October 1851
calotype negative
17.1 x 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28124
81:1683:0180

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-180

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. 36.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Choragic Monument of Lycicrates formerly called the Lantern of Diogines,on the left the ruins of the House where Byron lived. Athens 21st Oct.1851"

NOTES: Two slips at upper corners. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. 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, church