Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Nile river
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "The Nile"

February 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.8 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28113
81:1683:0216

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-216

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. fig. 19.//
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 166.//
Adam, Hans Christian. "John Shaw Smith (1811-1833), --Fotografie--, No 17/18, 1982. p. 97.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Palms & Dom Trees. Febry 1852"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. See calotype negative 81:1683:215 (variant). Two slips at top corners. Positive reproductions of this negative are located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Bibliographic references listed include a positive reproduction of negative and a reproduction of the negative in the GEH collection. 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 (964:0078:51). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: landscape, river / Nile