Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Basilica Ruins
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Pompei"

Sept. 1851
calotype negative
17.4 x 22.5 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28220
81:1683:0148

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-148

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 146.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "The Basilica. Pompei. Sept.1851"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at upper corners and one in the top center. Catalogued 3/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, ruins
architecture, basilica