[Parthenon]
Negative

John Shaw Smith

Maker
British, 1811–1873

[Parthenon]

From Group pf negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Athens"


24 October 1851
Calotype
Image (Untrimmed): 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
Inscriptions Inscribed in brown ink on verso, TC: West of front of Parthenon, built by Pericles about
370 years before \ Christ length of Temple 228 ft. 100 ft. wide. The Columns at base 18^ft 6^in in circumference \ and 34 ft high Athens 24th Octr 1851

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