Daveluy, Edouard Alexis

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Person (Male)

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Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Ghent, 1812 - Bruges, 1894

Activity

1854 - 1860 ca Bruges, Hoogstraat 17 (entry on Peerdestraat)
Daveluy - D'Elhougne, ° 31.5.1812; + 30.9.1894. Daguerreotypist and photographer. Founded a lithographic establishment around 1835 (Rue des Baudets). In 1847, "Royal lithographic establishment of Daveluy - Delhougne". In 1847, patent for the manufacture of playing cards. In 1851, listed in the directory as a lithographer only. Advertisement for Daguerreotype portraits dated June 1854. Published the work "Bruges & ses Principaux Monuments", 1855 ca. Each of the 16 lithographed plates includes the phrase: "Collection du daguerréotype". Daguerreotypist (L’Indicateur de Bruges et de la Province, 11.5.1856). Daveluy turned to Northcote (see that name) for producing pannotypes (positive collodion images on waxed linen).
1860 - 1865 Bruges, Quai Vert, 87
Successor: Daveluy [Ed. Al.] & Fils [Victor]
Entrance Rue du Cheval. In 1860 this studio had just been opened. On 9.9.1860, he announced that he had recruited a photographer coming from the Ghémar Frères' studio. CVs mention "Daveluy’s Photographic Gallery/Lithographer to the King".
1862 - 1868 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 107<62> then 105<66-68>
Successor: Daveluy [Ed. Al.] & Fils [Victor]
Coexisted with the studio at Quai Vert in Bruges.There appears to have been a lithography works at this address from 1860 onwards. In May 1865, "re-opening of Daveluy’s Photographic Gallery" (L'Echo d'Ostende). Two of the operators were name-checked in advertisements for their distinction of taking royal portraits: Constant Delechaux in June 1866 and May 1868 and Ludovico Wolfgang Hart in June 1867.

Locations

1854 - 1860 ca Bruges, Hoogstraat 17 (entry on Peerdestraat)
1860 - 1865 Bruges, Quai Vert, 87
1862 - 1868 Ostende, Rue de la Chapelle, 107<62> then 105<66-68>

Exhibitions

London, 1862 ("Twelve photographic reproductions: views of Bruges").

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Bibliography/Webography

BIEBOUW, Luc, et al. De Brugse drukkersfamilie Daveluy. Brugge's Trots en Koninklijke Troef. Brussels, 2004, 176 pp. Chapter 12: "Daveluy en Fotografie", pp. 62-67.

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DIRECTORY_1997#947

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 20.8.2017, 4.5.2018 & 6.11.2018; SFJ revised 6.10.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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