Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Egyptian Tomb

ca. 1851-60
calotype negative
17.4 X 22.6 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
81:1683:0277

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-277

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. 135.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in pencil, written by a family descendant) "Shishac King of Egypt conquered Rehaboam"

NOTES: See calotype negative 81:1683:231 (variant). Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative. 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.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, tomb
artifact, hieroglyphics