Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

Jany 22, 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28085
81:1683:0226

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-226

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. 144.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "part of the Court of the Great Temple at Medeenet Haboo. Thebes 22 Jany 1852"

NOTES: One slip at upper left corner. 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