Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Exterior of Houses at Wady Halfa
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Temples of Nubia"

December 31, 1851
calotype negative
16.8 X 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28002
81:1683:0192

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-192

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. 174.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Exterior of Nubian Houses. Wady Halfa. 31st Dec. 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink on sky. Two slips at top corners. 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