Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: The Memmonium and hill of Sheikh Abdel Koorneh
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Thebes"

Jan. 23, 1852
calotype negative
17.2 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28105
81:1683:0219

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-219

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. 149.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "part of the Memmonium at Thebes & Hill of Shekh abdel Koorneh containing the private Tombs. 23 Jany 1852"

NOTES: Two slips at top corners. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink on the sky. 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 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, trees
architecture, tombs