Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Mosque of Omar

ca. 1855-95
albumen print
17.6 X 22.4 cm.
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
81:1683:0321

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-321

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 pencil, written by a family member) "The Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem. April 1852"

NOTES: Four slips at all four corners. See calotype negative 81:1683:262. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, mosque / Omar, mosque of
architecture, minaret
cityscape, houses