Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

ca. 1852
calotype negative
16.9 X 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27976
81:1683:0257

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-257

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. 82.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Pool of Bethseda looking East. Jerusalem 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. 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.

SUBJECT: architecture, pool / Pool of Bethesda