Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Temple of the Winds and Aqueduct
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Athens"

October 1851
calotype negative
16.6 x 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28039
81:1683:0184

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-184

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. fig. 12.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Clock Tower of Andronicus Cyrrhestes which contained sun dial and also a water clock and aquaduct supplying same, also called the Temple of the Winds. Athens Oct.r 1851"

NOTES: One slip at upper left corner. See calotype negative 81:1683:182 (variant). Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
artifact, water gauge
architecture, aqueduct
landscape, palm tree