Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Island of Philae
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Philae"

January 8, 1852
calotype negative
16.8 X 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28048
81:1683:0200

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-200

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. 157.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Island of Philae as seen from the Island of Biggeh Jany 8th 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. See calotype negative 81:1683:201 (joined panoramic view). See calotype negative 81:1683:204, 368 (variant). Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative in the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. According to Nancy Barrett this image is reproduced in Smith's album entitled "Egypt" as a panorama which is also held in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, temple / Isis, temple of
landscape, island
landscape, trees