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LL/75133
John Shaw Smith
Cross at Rostrevor
[Ireland]
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
6 11/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17 × 23 cm) (image) 6 7/8 × 9 in. (17.4 × 22.9 cm) (irreg.) (overall)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0014
 
LL/75133 [Further details available]

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LL/75561
John Shaw Smith
Fountain in Place de la Concorde
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
6 3/4 × 8 13/16 ins (17.2 × 22.4 cm) (image) 6 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (17.5 × 22.7 cm) (irreg., overall)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0031
 
LL/75561 [Further details available]

2 of 56
LL/75134
John Shaw Smith
Monasterboice, cemetery and cross of Muiredach
[Ireland]
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
6 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (17.5 × 22.7 cm) (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0011
 
LL/75134 [Further details available]

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LL/75132
John Shaw Smith
Monasterboice, Tall Cross
[Ireland]
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in. (22 × 16.8 cm) (image) 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (22.5 × 17.5 cm) (overall)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0004
 
LL/75132 [Further details available]

4 of 56
LL/75135
John Shaw Smith
Palais des Tuileries
[Paris]
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
6 13/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.3 × 22.2 cm) (image) 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.5 cm) (irreg.) (overall)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0030
 
LL/75135 [Further details available]

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LL/69831
John Shaw Smith
Place de la Concorde with obelisk
1850 (ca)
Calotype negative
22.1 x 16.8 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0032
 
LL/69831

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LL/69863
John Shaw Smith
Arch of the Goldsmiths
1850-1851
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0073
 
LL/69863

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LL/75136
John Shaw Smith
Base of the Trajan Column
[Rome]
1850-1851
Calotype negative
21.7 x 16.7cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0045
 
LL/75136 [Further details available]

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LL/69842
John Shaw Smith
Coloseum from the Farnese Gardens
1850-1851
Calotype negative
16.9 x 22.2 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0070
 
LL/69842

9 of 56
LL/69833
John Shaw Smith
Saint Peter's Basilique
1850-1851
Calotype negative
17.0 x 21.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0043
 
LL/69833

10 of 56
LL/69844
John Shaw Smith
Bas-relief of the Arch of Titus
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.3 x 22.3 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0076
 
LL/69844

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LL/69837
John Shaw Smith
Castel Sant'Angelo from the Bridge
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.1 x 21.7 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0059
 
LL/69837

12 of 56
LL/69836
John Shaw Smith
Colosseum from the Farnese Gardens
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.4 x 22.3 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0084
 
LL/69836

13 of 56
LL/69838
John Shaw Smith
Fountain of Trevi
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0062
 
LL/69838

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LL/69834
John Shaw Smith
Saint Peter's Square and Vatican
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.1 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0044
 
LL/69834

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LL/69840
John Shaw Smith
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.0 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0067
 
LL/69840

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LL/69839
John Shaw Smith
Temple of Fortuna Virilis and Cola di Rienzo's house
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.0 x 21.9 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0064
 
LL/69839

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LL/69832
John Shaw Smith
Tiber River with Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
15.6 x 21.2 cm (trimmed)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0035
 
LL/69832

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LL/69843
John Shaw Smith
View of the Forum Romanum
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.8 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0074
 
LL/69843

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LL/69841
John Shaw Smith
View of the Roman Forum
1850-1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.2 x 22.4 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0072
 
LL/69841

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LL/115001
John Shaw Smith
Colosseum from the Farnese Gardens
1850-1851 (taken, ca)
Salted paper print
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer.
 
LL/115001

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LL/40236
John Shaw Smith
[The ruins of Pompeii, Italy, the Roman city damaged by earthquake and then overwhelmed by lava and ash from an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the first century.]
1850s
Photographic print
 
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division
Reference: GB 237 Coll-20, Shelfmark: E99.41
 
LL/40236

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LL/40235
John Shaw Smith
[The ruins of Pompeii, Italy, the Roman city damaged by earthquake and then overwhelmed by lava and ash from an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the first century.]
1850s
Photographic print
 
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division
Reference: GB 237 Coll-20, Shelfmark: E99.41
 
LL/40235

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LL/69835
John Shaw Smith
Trajan Forum
1851
Calotype negative
18.0 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0048
 
LL/69835

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LL/69847
John Shaw Smith
Piazza di Bocca della Verita
1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.0 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0093
 
LL/69847

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LL/69845
John Shaw Smith
Temple of Concord and Temple of Jupiter Tonans
1851 (ca)
Calotype negative
21.7 x 16.8 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0079
 
LL/69845

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LL/69846
John Shaw Smith
Interior of the Colosseum
1851, 13 March
Calotype negative
17.3 x 22.3 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0081
 
LL/69846

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LL/69864
John Shaw Smith
Temple of Venus and Cupid
1851, 15 March
Calotype negative
17.3 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0097
 
LL/69864

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LL/69851
John Shaw Smith
Parthenon
1851, 24 October
Calotype negative
17.2 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0174
 
LL/69851

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LL/75137
John Shaw Smith
Parthenon (interior)
[Athens]
1851, 24 October
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.5cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0176
 
LL/75137 [Further details available]

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LL/88188
John Shaw Smith
Constantinople from Pera
1851, November
Digital reversal, from calotype negative
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
 
LL/88188

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LL/88187
John Shaw Smith
Constantinople from Pera
1851, November
Calotype negative
17.1 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0198
 
LL/88187

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LL/69866
John Shaw Smith
Obelisk in the Hippodrome
1851, November
Calotype negative
22.6 x 17.3 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0195
 
LL/69866

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LL/88191
John Shaw Smith
Sublime Porte, Constantinople
1851, November
Calotype negative
17.0 x 22.6 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0196
 
LL/88191

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LL/88190
John Shaw Smith
Sublime Porte, Constantinople
1851, November
Digital reversal, from calotype negative
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
 
LL/88190

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LL/75562
John Shaw Smith
Tomb and Mosque of Sultan Eshraf
1851, November
Calotype negative
16.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0154
 
LL/75562 [Further details available]

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LL/88189
John Shaw Smith
Tomb of Sultan Achmed and Mosque of Santa Sophia
1851, November
Digital reversal, from calotype negative
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
 
LL/88189

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LL/88192
John Shaw Smith
Tomb of Sultan Achmed and Mosque of Santa Sophia
1851, November
Calotype negative
16.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0197
 
LL/88192

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LL/33468
John Shaw Smith
Basilica Ruins [Pompeii]
[Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Pompei"]
1851, September
Calotype negative
17.4 x 22.5 cm (irregular)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, GEH NEG: 28220, 81:1683:0148
 
LL/33468 [Further details available]

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LL/69849
John Shaw Smith
Sinai Peninsula
1851-1852
Calotype negative
17.0 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0161
 
LL/69849

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LL/69862
John Shaw Smith
View of the Roman Forum from Capitol Hill
1851-1852
Calotype negative
16.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0068
 
LL/69862

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LL/69859
John Shaw Smith
East Portal Ruins, Thebes
1851-1852 (ca)
Calotype negative
22.4 x 17.4 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0228
 
LL/69859

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LL/57121
John Shaw Smith
Nile Boat
1851-1852 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.6 x 22.7 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
1981:1683:0218
 
LL/57121 [Further details available]

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LL/69856
John Shaw Smith
Thebes, Nile
1851-1852 (ca)
Calotype negative
17.4 x 22.7 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0217
 
LL/69856

44 of 56
LL/69857
John Shaw Smith
Walls of the Dendera Temple
1851-1852 (ca)
Calotype negative
16.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0224
 
LL/69857

45 of 56
LL/69853
John Shaw Smith
Temples of Concord and Jupiter Tonans, Roman Forum
1851-1860 (ca)
Salted paper print
22.0 x 17.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0282
 
LL/69853

46 of 56
LL/69854
John Shaw Smith
Portico of the Temple of Edfu
1852, 13 January
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.7 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0208
 
LL/69854

47 of 56
LL/69858
John Shaw Smith
Entrance, Temple at Medeinet Haboo
1852, 23 January
Calotype negative
17.3 x 22.5 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0225
 
LL/69858

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LL/69860
John Shaw Smith
Two Colossi
1852, 23 January
Calotype negative
22.0 x 17.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0229
 
LL/69860

49 of 56
LL/69852
John Shaw Smith
Temple of Kalabshee
1852, 4 January
Calotype negative
17.1 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0190
 
LL/69852

50 of 56
LL/69848
John Shaw Smith
Head of the Sphinx at Giza
1852, February
Calotype negative
17.5 x 22.8 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0159
 
LL/69848

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LL/69855
John Shaw Smith
Nile river
1852, February
Calotype negative
17.3 x 22.8 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0216
 
LL/69855

52 of 56
LL/33467
John Shaw Smith
Two small pyramids, Pyramid of Ekphrenes in distance
[Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"]
1852, February
Calotype negative
17.0 x 22.0 cm (irregular)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, GEH NEG: 28132, 81:1683:0156
 
LL/33467 [Further details available]

53 of 56
LL/69861
John Shaw Smith
Obelisk and Temple at Luxor
1852, January
Calotype negative
16.8 x 22.0 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0235
 
LL/69861

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LL/69865
John Shaw Smith
Pyramid of Cephrenes
1852, July
Calotype negative
17.4 x 22.4 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0158
 
LL/69865

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LL/69850
John Shaw Smith
Temple Columns
1852, May
Calotype negative
16.9 x 22.2 cm (irreg.)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.1683.0246
 
LL/69850

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Acropolis - Athens: The Acropolis
Acropolis - Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon
Archaeology - Egypt: Colossi of Memnon
Archaeology - Egypt: Dendara
Archaeology - Egypt: Edfou
Archaeology - Egypt: Luxor
Archaeology - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Archaeology - Egypt: The Sphinx
Archaeology - Egypt: Thebes: Medinet Habu - Medinet Haboo (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III)
Archaeology - Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
Archaeology - Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon
Archaeology - Italy: Pompeii
Archaeology - Italy: Rome: Forum Romanum
Archaeology - Italy: Rome: Forum Traiani
Archaeology - Italy: Rome: The Colosseum
Archaeology - John Shaw Smith: Pompeii
Architecture - Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
Architecture - Fountains
Calotypes - John Shaw Smith: Calotypes
Christian architecture - Italy: Rome: St. Peter's and the Vatican
Christianity - Italy: Rome: St. Peter's and the Vatican
Colosseum - Italy: Rome: The Colosseum
Egypt - Egypt: Colossi of Memnon
Egypt - Egypt: Dendara
Egypt - Egypt: Edfou
Egypt - Egypt: Luxor
Egypt - Egypt: The Nile
Egypt - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Egypt - Egypt: The Sphinx
Egypt - Egypt: Thebes: Medinet Habu - Medinet Haboo (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III)
Egypt - Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
Egypt - John Shaw Smith: Archaeological sites of Egypt (1851-1852)
Flora - Early photographs of trees
Graffiti - Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
Greece - Athens: The Acropolis
Greece - Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon
Ireland - Introduction to photography in Ireland
Italy - Introduction to photography in Italy
Italy - Italy: Pompeii
Italy - Paper photography: Italy
Lebanon - Introduction to photography in Lebanon
Lebanon - Lebanon: Baalbek
Non-canonical photography - Paper and waxed paper negatives
Paper and waxed paper negatives - John Shaw Smith: Calotypes
Paper and waxed paper negatives - John Shaw Smith: Calotypes
Paper and waxed paper negatives - Paper and waxed paper negatives
Paris - Paris: Place du Concorde
Paris - Paris: Tuileries
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Colossi of Memnon
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Dendara
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Edfou
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Luxor
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: The Sphinx
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Thebes: Medinet Habu - Medinet Haboo (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III)
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Italy: Rome: Forum Romanum
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Italy: Rome: Forum Traiani
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Italy: Rome: The Colosseum
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - John Shaw Smith: Pompeii
Rivers and streams - Egypt: The Nile
Rome - Italy: Rome: Arch of the Silversmiths / Arch of the Jewelers / Porticus Margaritaria
Rome - Italy: Rome: Arch of Titus
Rome - Italy: Rome: Castel S. Angelo
Rome - Italy: Rome: Forum Romanum
Rome - Italy: Rome: Forum Traiani
Rome - Italy: Rome: St. Peter's and the Vatican
Rome - Italy: Rome: Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Rome - Italy: Rome: Temple of Fortuna Virilius
Rome - Italy: Rome: Temple of Vesta
Rome - Italy: Rome: The Colosseum
Rome - Italy: Rome: Trajan's Column
Rome - Italy: Rome: Trevi fountain
The Pyramids and the Sphinx - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
The Pyramids and the Sphinx - Egypt: The Sphinx
Trees - Early photographs of trees
Turkey - Calotypes: Turkey
Turkey - Constantinople - Istanbul: Obelisk of Theodosius
Vatican City - Holy See - Introduction to the Vatican City - Holy See
Vatican City - Holy See - Italy: Rome: St. Peter's and the Vatican

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