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Calphas, Nicolas
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Grande Photographie Orientale (in Boulevard Anspach)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Constantinople [TR], 1845 - Paris, 1919
Activity
1878 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Place de Brouckère, 37
° 6.10.1845; + 17.2.1919. Enameller and photographer. Younger brother of Athanase (see that name). First in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, then moved to Rue des Bouchers, 12 on 25.9.1874, subsequently to Brussels - Saint-Josse on 22.3.1877, where a son was born on 8.1.1878 and Calphas was recorded as a photographer. Arrived from Saint-Josse on 16.9.1878. On his wedding certificate of 28.6.1880, he is recorded as a typographer [transcription error?] resident at this address.
1881 * - 1884 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 17
At this address from 27.1.1881 until 23.1.1884. Recorded as a photographer resident in Brussels when a witness at Auguste Simon's wedding in Brussels on 3.9.1881.
1884 * - 1892 / Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 4
Enameller and photographer. Arrived at this address on 23.1.1884. Left for Galerie du Commerce, 74 on 10.9.1892. In the directories "Calphas V.", at no. 44 from 1888 until 1892. Calphas left very soon afterwards for Paris [F] where he opened a shop for "oriental goods" at Quai aux Fleurs, 7. He attempted to commit suicide with a revolver in the Russian church in Paris on 23.7.1894. His balance of mind appears to have been affected by a claim relating to an alleged family loan of three million francs to the Sultan in Constantinople that had become an obsession. Calphas' death certificate recorded his occupation as technician ("mécanicien").
° 6.10.1845; + 17.2.1919. Enameller and photographer. Younger brother of Athanase (see that name). First in Brussels - Saint-Gilles, then moved to Rue des Bouchers, 12 on 25.9.1874, subsequently to Brussels - Saint-Josse on 22.3.1877, where a son was born on 8.1.1878 and Calphas was recorded as a photographer. Arrived from Saint-Josse on 16.9.1878. On his wedding certificate of 28.6.1880, he is recorded as a typographer [transcription error?] resident at this address.
1881 * - 1884 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 17
At this address from 27.1.1881 until 23.1.1884. Recorded as a photographer resident in Brussels when a witness at Auguste Simon's wedding in Brussels on 3.9.1881.
1884 * - 1892 / Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 4
Enameller and photographer. Arrived at this address on 23.1.1884. Left for Galerie du Commerce, 74 on 10.9.1892. In the directories "Calphas V.", at no. 44 from 1888 until 1892. Calphas left very soon afterwards for Paris [F] where he opened a shop for "oriental goods" at Quai aux Fleurs, 7. He attempted to commit suicide with a revolver in the Russian church in Paris on 23.7.1894. His balance of mind appears to have been affected by a claim relating to an alleged family loan of three million francs to the Sultan in Constantinople that had become an obsession. Calphas' death certificate recorded his occupation as technician ("mécanicien").
Locations
1878 * - 1881 / Bruxelles, Place de Brouckère, 37
1881 * - 1884 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 17
1884 * - 1892 / Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 4
1881 * - 1884 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 17
1884 * - 1892 / Bruxelles, Boulevard Anspach, 4
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
VERHOOSELE, Françoise. "De Fotografenfamilie Calphas", Van Mensen en Dingen - Tijdschrift voor volkscultuur in Vlanderen, vol. 15 (2017), no. 1-2, pp. 7-32.
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#565
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 21.5.2018; SFJ revised 8.8.2020 & 25.1.2021 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght