Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

May 1852
calotype negative
17.8 X 22.2 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28016
81:1683:0251

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-251

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. fig 4.//
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 88.//

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

NOTES: See calotype negative 81:1683:243, 248 (variant). Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. Bibliographic references listed indicate two positive reproductions 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.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Temple of the Sun