Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

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

April 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.3 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 27994
81:1683:0262

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-262

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. 76.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Mosque opf Omar from the Prickly Pears outside the Jews quarter. April 1852. Jerusalem"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top upper corners. See albumen print 81:1683:321. 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, mosque
cityscape