Cusner, Benjamin

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  • Photographie Instantanée

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  • Professional

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Life dates

Enghien, 1819 - Enghien, 1899

Activity

1858 - 1899 + Enghien, Rue d'Argent, 15 <88-90 ca>
Successor: Cusner J.
Jean Baptiste Benjamin, ° 26.2.1819; + 11.1899. Musicologist and restorer of paintings. Ambrotypes, stereoscopic views. Large output from the 1850s onwards. "Photographer to the Dukes of Arenberg", he made a noteworthy series of views in the park of the Duke of Arenberg (half-plate format), 1860 ca. The original glass negatives have survived. He photographed the Duke’s properties and collections in Enghien, Brussels and Heverlee.

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1858 - 1899 + Enghien, Rue d'Argent, 15 <88-90 ca>

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Brussels, 1861 (views in the park of the Duc d’Arenberg; honorable mention).

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DIRECTORY_1997#896

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MD revised 16.10.2024

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