Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Sculptures from Temple Abu Simbel
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Temples of Nubia"

December 30, 1851
calotype negative
17.6 X 22.2 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27973
81:1683:0188

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-188

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. 172.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink, on the upper left angle): "Small Temple Aboo Simbel de- dicated to Athar or Venus built by Rameses 2nd 1580 before Christ. Dec. 30 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative. According to Nancy Barrett this image is reproduced in Smith's album entitled "Egypt" which is held in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Variant in the HRHRC Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:54). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Abu Simbel, temple of