Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Open Temple in the Great Court, Baalbec
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Baalbec"

May 1852
calotype negative
17.2 X 22.1 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27968
81:1683:0245

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-245

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. 86.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Open Temple in the Great Court at Baalbec. May 1852"

NOTES: Waxed on the architecture for printing. Retouched with black ink on the sky. Two slips at the upper angles. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 8/92 MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple