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De Meuse, Robert
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional / Connected
Details
Life dates
Verviers, 1852 - ?, ?
Activity
1875 - 1880 Bruxelles
° 3.9.1852. Brother of Fernand De Meuse. Assigned to the "Institut cartographique militaire" where he amongst other processes experimented with photoengraving on glass.
1880 - 1881 [Congo]
Attached, as a photographer and draughtsman, to the third expedition exploring the Congo organised by the "Association internationale africaine" in 1880-1881. The expedition left Brussels in June 1880 setting out for Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa,
1881 - 1883 [Panama]
Views of engineering work on the Panama canal, 1881-1883. During this period, De Meuse was the official photographer of the "Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique". Journeys to North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia). Attached to the photographic section of the "Institut cartographique militaire" (photolithography, photozincography, carbon printing).
° 3.9.1852. Brother of Fernand De Meuse. Assigned to the "Institut cartographique militaire" where he amongst other processes experimented with photoengraving on glass.
1880 - 1881 [Congo]
Attached, as a photographer and draughtsman, to the third expedition exploring the Congo organised by the "Association internationale africaine" in 1880-1881. The expedition left Brussels in June 1880 setting out for Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa,
1881 - 1883 [Panama]
Views of engineering work on the Panama canal, 1881-1883. During this period, De Meuse was the official photographer of the "Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique". Journeys to North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia). Attached to the photographic section of the "Institut cartographique militaire" (photolithography, photozincography, carbon printing).
Locations
1875 - 1880 Bruxelles
1880 - 1881 [Congo]
1881 - 1883 [Panama]
1880 - 1881 [Congo]
1881 - 1883 [Panama]
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1875 ("photolithography, photozincography without stone").
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1283
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 24.1.2017; SFJ revised 5.12.2020 & 23.2.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght