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Deltenre - Walker, Léon
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Enghien, 1819 - Brussels - Molenbeek, 1881
Activity
1862 - 1870 / Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 16
Léon Narcisse Antoine, ° 29.11.1819; + 1.5.1881. Husband of Joséphine Elisa Alexandrine Walker (° Brussels - Anderlecht, 12.2.1819; + Brussels, 20.6.1888). First firm in Belgium specialising in the full range of photographic supplies. "Equipment for science, art, industry and photography. Agency for chemicals and Saxe paper from the F. Beyrich factory in Berlin. Manufacturer of Walker varnish and collodion, complete range of art and photography. Marketed a portable darkroom in partnership with Charles Waldack (see that name) in 1863 "for taking views and portraits at home", price 80 francs. Distributor for photographic lenses and instruments by Th. Ross in London, Em. Busch in Rathenow (Prussia), Jamin, successor Darlot in Paris" (Tarlier 1865 and 1866). Arrived at this address in 1859; had previously been a bookseller. Publisher of the "Bulletin Belge de Photographie" (sometimes misspelt "Delentre") from 1862 until 1872. Member of the "Société française de photographie" from 1.7.1864.
1870 * - 1874 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Blanchisserie, 14
Successor: De Bonnier Henri & Cie
Camera manufacturer. Also sold varnishes for paintings. Léon Delentre in the population registry.
1874 * - 1875 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 65
Arrived at this address on 7.10.1874. Founder member of the ABP.
1877 - 1880 Bruxelles, Quai de Willebroeck, 11
Optician. Instruments for science, art, industry and photography. Already advertising here in December 1877 (Journal des Brasseurs du Nord de la France, 2.12.1877). On the occasion of her son's wedding in Brussels on 28.1.1885, Josephine Walker was recorded as a manufacturer of chemicals resident in Brussels.
Léon Narcisse Antoine, ° 29.11.1819; + 1.5.1881. Husband of Joséphine Elisa Alexandrine Walker (° Brussels - Anderlecht, 12.2.1819; + Brussels, 20.6.1888). First firm in Belgium specialising in the full range of photographic supplies. "Equipment for science, art, industry and photography. Agency for chemicals and Saxe paper from the F. Beyrich factory in Berlin. Manufacturer of Walker varnish and collodion, complete range of art and photography. Marketed a portable darkroom in partnership with Charles Waldack (see that name) in 1863 "for taking views and portraits at home", price 80 francs. Distributor for photographic lenses and instruments by Th. Ross in London, Em. Busch in Rathenow (Prussia), Jamin, successor Darlot in Paris" (Tarlier 1865 and 1866). Arrived at this address in 1859; had previously been a bookseller. Publisher of the "Bulletin Belge de Photographie" (sometimes misspelt "Delentre") from 1862 until 1872. Member of the "Société française de photographie" from 1.7.1864.
1870 * - 1874 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Blanchisserie, 14
Successor: De Bonnier Henri & Cie
Camera manufacturer. Also sold varnishes for paintings. Léon Delentre in the population registry.
1874 * - 1875 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 65
Arrived at this address on 7.10.1874. Founder member of the ABP.
1877 - 1880 Bruxelles, Quai de Willebroeck, 11
Optician. Instruments for science, art, industry and photography. Already advertising here in December 1877 (Journal des Brasseurs du Nord de la France, 2.12.1877). On the occasion of her son's wedding in Brussels on 28.1.1885, Josephine Walker was recorded as a manufacturer of chemicals resident in Brussels.
Locations
1862 - 1870 / Bruxelles, Place Sainte-Gudule, 16
1870 * - 1874 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Blanchisserie, 14
1874 * - 1875 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 65
1877 - 1880 Bruxelles, Quai de Willebroeck, 11
1870 * - 1874 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Blanchisserie, 14
1874 * - 1875 Bruxelles - Schaerbeek, Avenue de la Reine, 65
1877 - 1880 Bruxelles, Quai de Willebroeck, 11
Exhibitions
London, 1862 (medal); Paris, 1867 (photographic varnishes).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1875
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1237
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 25.5.2017 & 26.5.2018; SFJ revised 29.3.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 19.6.2023