Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Obelisk in the Hippodrome
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Costantinople"

Nov. 1851
calotype negative
22.6 x 17.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28117
81:1683:0195

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-195

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. 50.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Obelisk in the Hippodrome and minarets of Mosk of Sul- tan Achmed. Costantinople. Novr.1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at top corners. See negative 81:1683:194 (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, mosque of
architecture, minaret
artifact, obelisk