Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Mosque near the Nile
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: 28044
81:1683:0202

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-202

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. 164.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Mosk of very early date on the east Bank of the Nile near Philae. 8th Jany 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. 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.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, mosque
landscape, rocky