Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

December 22, 1851
calotype negative
17.0 X 22.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28042
81:1683:0204

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-204

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. 161.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Part of the Dromos and Propyla of the Temple of Isis. Philae. Decr 22 1851"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. See negative 81:1683:203 (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