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Beard, Richard
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- (In the) Bazar Pantechnique
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
East Stonehouse, Devon [GB], 1801 - London [GB], 1885
Activity
1842 */ Bruxelles, Rue Ducale, près du Parc (Palais d'Orange)
° 22.12.1801; + 7.6.1885. Entrepreneur and pioneer of photography who played a prominent role in establishing professional photography in Brussels. The Bazar Pantechnique was a group of shops situated in the former stables of the Prince of Orange. One of these shops housed the photographic studio managed by Billing (see that name). The advertisements linked this studio, opened in March 1842, to Beard’s studio in London. It was thus the only studio managed by a Beard patentee or agent outside Great Britain. The patent granted to Beard the right to exploit the daguerreotype in England, Wales and the British colonies. Beard had also acquired rights over using the Wolcott camera, a piece of equipment used in the Brussels studio and for which William Wright (see that name) had taken out a Belgian patent in March 1841.
° 22.12.1801; + 7.6.1885. Entrepreneur and pioneer of photography who played a prominent role in establishing professional photography in Brussels. The Bazar Pantechnique was a group of shops situated in the former stables of the Prince of Orange. One of these shops housed the photographic studio managed by Billing (see that name). The advertisements linked this studio, opened in March 1842, to Beard’s studio in London. It was thus the only studio managed by a Beard patentee or agent outside Great Britain. The patent granted to Beard the right to exploit the daguerreotype in England, Wales and the British colonies. Beard had also acquired rights over using the Wolcott camera, a piece of equipment used in the Brussels studio and for which William Wright (see that name) had taken out a Belgian patent in March 1841.
Locations
1842 */ Bruxelles, Rue Ducale, près du Parc (Palais d'Orange)
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
SAGNE, Jean. L'atelier du photographe (1840-1940), Paris, 1984, p. 25.
JOSEPH, Steven F. & SCHWILDEN, Tristan. A l'aube de la photographie en Belgique: Guillaume Claine (1811-1869) et son cercle. Bruxelles, 1991, pp. 12-14.
JOSEPH, Steven F. & SCHWILDEN, Tristan. A l'aube de la photographie en Belgique: Guillaume Claine (1811-1869) et son cercle. Bruxelles, 1991, pp. 12-14.
Context
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#139
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Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MCC revised 4.8.2019; SFJ revised 11.5.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght