Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Gate of the New Agora

1851-60 ca.
salted paper print
17.1 x 21.9 cm.
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 35700
81:1683:0278

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-278

INSCRIPTION: verso (in pencil, written by a family member) "Gate of the New Agora a Market erected by Adrian, the stone pillars in the center bearing a legible inscription of the prices of the various articles sold. Athens 21st October 1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black pencil. See calotype negative 81:1683:183. Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, gate
architecture, pillars