Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Jerusalem
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Jerusalem"

April 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27977
81:1683:0253

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-253

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. 78.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Interior of Jerusalem. April 1852"

NOTES: Waxed below the skyline 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.

SUBJECTS:
cityscape
architecture, minaret
architecture, wall