John Shaw Smith
1851, September
Basilica Ruins [Pompeii]
[Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Pompei"]

Calotype negative
17.4 x 22.5 cm (irregular)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, GEH NEG: 28220, 81:1683:0148
 
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY (Cologne: Taschen, 1999) p. 146.
 
verso (in ink) "The Basilica. Pompei. Sept.1851"
 
LL/33468