Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: House enclosure (interior), silo
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Temples of Nubia"

January 6, 1852
calotype negative
16.6 X 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28004
81:1683:0191

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-191

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. 175.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Interior of the Enclosure round a Nubian House with mud vessels for holding corn etc. Dekkeh. Nubia. 6th Jany 1852"

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. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, house / Nubian House