Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Pilon of the Temple of Isis
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Philae"

December 22, 1851
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.6 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28043
81:1683:0203

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-203

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. 160.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Front View of the Pilon of the Temple of Isis, Philae. 22 Decr. 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. See salted paper print 81:1683:276. See negative 81:1683:204 (variant). 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. Variant in the HRHRC Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:58). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Isis, temple of