Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Wady Halfa, Persian Water Wheel
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "The Nile"

December 31, 1851
calotype negative
17.5 X 22.7 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28011
81:1683:0207

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-207

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. 173.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Persian Water Wheel. Wady Halfa, Nubia. Decr 31 1851"

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, houses
artifact, water wheel