Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Two small pyramids, Pyramid of Ekphrenes in distance.
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

Feb. 1852
calotype negative
17.0 x 22.0 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28132
81:1683:0156

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-156

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 114.//
Perez, Nissan N. --Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885).-- New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. fig. 255.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 159.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "2 small Pyramids. Pyramid of Ekphrenes in distance. Febry 1852"

NOTES: Retouched with black ink. Waxed for printing. Two slips at upper corners. Bibliographic references listed indicate positive reproductions of the 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 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, pyramids
architecture, ruins