Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Island of Philae

Jan.8, 1852
calotype negative
17.3 X 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28047
81:1683:0368

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-368

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. il 59, 158.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Island of Philae from from [sic] the East Bank of the Nile. 8th Jany 1852"

NOTES: Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Two slips at top corners. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative, in the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. 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, temple / Philae, temple of
landscape, river / Nile