Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Nile
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "The Nile"

ca. 1851-52
calotype negative
17.6 X 22.7 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28068
81:1683:0218

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-218

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. fig. 5.//
Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 104.//
Adam, Hans Christian. "John Shaw Smith (1811-1833), --Fotografie--, No 17/18, 1982. p. 96.//
Perez, Nissan N. --Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885).-- New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. fig. 65.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 158.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Nile Boat"

NOTES: See calotype negative 81:1683:217 (variant). Two slips at top corners. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink on the sky. Bibliographic references listed indicate positives 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 8/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
transportation, sailboat
landscape, river / Nile