John Shaw Smith

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81:1683:0255

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Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

April 1852
calotype negative
16.8 X 21.9 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27974
81:1683:0255

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-255

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Mosque of El Aksa from the Prickly Pears outside the Jews quarters. Jerusalem. April 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, mosque / El Aksa, mosque of
architecture, minaret
landscape, hills

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Mosque of El Aksa

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