Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Temple at Erment and Aviary
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "The Nile"

January 15, 1852
calotype negative
16.8 X 22.2 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28109
81:1683:0209

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-209

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. 151.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Temple at Erment built by Cleopatra. Tomb, Pigeon Houses, etc. Jany 15 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. Variant in the HRHRC Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:65). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, temple / Erment, temple at
architecture, tomb
landscape, trees
architecture, aviary