John Shaw Smith

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Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Valley of Jehosaphat
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: 27979
81:1683:0258

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-258

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. 80.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Tombs of St.James Jehosyhaphat and Zachariah with the burial ground of the Jews in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Jerusalem. April 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. Variant in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Collection of the University of Texas at Austin (964:0078:72). Catalogued 9/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, tombs

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