Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: The Great Temple at Karnac
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Thebes"

Jan. 25, 1852
calotype negative
17.0 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28106
81:1683:0220

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-220

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. 141.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "General View of the Great Temple at Karnac. 25 Jany 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. See calotype negatives 81:1683:237,239,240 (variant). 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:
architecture, temple / Great Temple
architecture, obelisk