Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Pilon of the Temple of Isis

ca. 1851-60
calotype negative
17.2 X 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
81:1683:0276

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-276

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. 160.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in pencil, written by a family descendant) "Temple of Isis, Philae. Dec.22nd 1851"

NOTES: See calotype negative 81:1683:203. According to Nancy Barrett this image is reproduced in Smith's album entitled "Egypt" which is held in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECT: architecture, temple / Isis, temple of