Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Temple of the Sun, interior
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: 28015
81:1683:0250

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-250

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. 90.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Interior of Temple of Sun at Baalbec. May 1852"

NOTES: See calotype negative 81:1683:243, 248, 251 (variant). Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips along right edge. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Variant in the HRHRC Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:69). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, temple
architecture, interior