Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Temple of Venus, Baalbec
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Baalbec"

May 1852
calotype negative
17.0 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27970
81:1683:0247

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-247

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. 87.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Baalbec. May 1852"

NOTES: See salted paper print 81:1683:322. Two slips at top corners.. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. 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 / Venus, temple of