Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Entrance, Temple at Medeinet Haboo
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Thebes"

Jany 23, 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28110
81:1683:0225

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-225

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. 143.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Entrance to the small Temple at Medeinet Haboo. Thebes 23 Jany 1852"

NOTES: Two slips at top corners. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. 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, temple