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De Harven, Hélène
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Person (Female)
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- Amateur
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Antwerp, 1864 - Zaventem, 1949
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1894 Anvers
Helena Ludovica Mathildis Alexandrina, ° 7.2.1864; + 9.10.1949. Writer, traveller, watercolour artist. A nurse by training, she developed an interest in anthropology. De Harven travelled around Canada from August to December 1891 to study native tribes, a trip that furnished material for many lantern-slide talks, such as "The Last Redskins" at the "Société royale belge de Géographie" on 7.11.1907. Credited with a photograph taken at the Antwerp "Exposition Universelle" published in a collotype album under Joseph Maes' imprint. A souvenir display of the section "Vieil-Anvers" included 34 prints attributed to C. & H. de Harven. De Harven Frères were awarded 7th prize in the photography competition run by the 1894 exhibition’s organisers.
Helena Ludovica Mathildis Alexandrina, ° 7.2.1864; + 9.10.1949. Writer, traveller, watercolour artist. A nurse by training, she developed an interest in anthropology. De Harven travelled around Canada from August to December 1891 to study native tribes, a trip that furnished material for many lantern-slide talks, such as "The Last Redskins" at the "Société royale belge de Géographie" on 7.11.1907. Credited with a photograph taken at the Antwerp "Exposition Universelle" published in a collotype album under Joseph Maes' imprint. A souvenir display of the section "Vieil-Anvers" included 34 prints attributed to C. & H. de Harven. De Harven Frères were awarded 7th prize in the photography competition run by the 1894 exhibition’s organisers.
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1894 Anvers
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DIRECTORY_2017#0980
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SFJ new 1.12.2018; SFJ revised 29.7.2020 & 26.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght