Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane and Tomb of the Virgin
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives, organized by the photographer, entitled "Jerusalem"

April 1852
calotype negative
17.2 X 22.4 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27986
81:1683:0256

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-256

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. 83.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Mount of Olives Garden of Gethsemane and Tomb of the Virgin from St.Stephens Gate. Jerusalem. April 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. See albumen print 81:1683:320. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, tomb / Virgin, tomb of
landscape, garden / Garden of Gethsemane
landscape, mountain / Mount of Olives