Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Sheiks Tomb at Isna
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "The Nile"

December 19, 1851
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28069
81:1683:0211

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-211

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. 199.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Sheiks Tomb at Esme. Egypt. Decr. 19 1851"

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

SUBJECT: architecture, tomb / Sheiks tomb