John Shaw Smith

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81:1683:0194


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Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Mosque of Sultan Achmed, Costantinople
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Costantinople"

Nov. 1851
calotype negative
17.1 x 22.8 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28120
81:1683:0194

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-194

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. 51.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Mosk of Sultan Achmed. Costantinople. Novr.1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at top corners. See negative 81:1683:195 (variant). 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.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, mosque / Sultan Achmed
architecture, minaret

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Mosque of Sultan Achmed, Costantinople

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