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Despret, Emmanuel
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Nivelles, 1856 - Nivelles, 1938
Activity
1874 - 1906 ca Nivelles, Grand'Place, 75
Predecessor: Despret Auguste
° 1.11.1856; + 27.5.1938. Son of Auguste Despret. Author, painter, publisher; longstanding communal secretary at Monstreux. Founder member of the ABP ("Desprez"). In the ABP membership lists, he is recorded as a photographer from 1875. Patent of 31.8.1885 for "a photographic camera" [camera with hinged front panel and two swivel pins on the inner casing for sealing it off]. Apparently initially active at Grand' Place at his father’s studio before taking it over on his father's death in 1897.
1906 * - 1914 > Nivelles, Rue Sainte-Anne, 9
Moved to this address on 10.12.1906. Active at this address throughout the interwar years as a photographer, printer and stationer.
Predecessor: Despret Auguste
° 1.11.1856; + 27.5.1938. Son of Auguste Despret. Author, painter, publisher; longstanding communal secretary at Monstreux. Founder member of the ABP ("Desprez"). In the ABP membership lists, he is recorded as a photographer from 1875. Patent of 31.8.1885 for "a photographic camera" [camera with hinged front panel and two swivel pins on the inner casing for sealing it off]. Apparently initially active at Grand' Place at his father’s studio before taking it over on his father's death in 1897.
1906 * - 1914 > Nivelles, Rue Sainte-Anne, 9
Moved to this address on 10.12.1906. Active at this address throughout the interwar years as a photographer, printer and stationer.
Locations
1874 - 1906 ca Nivelles, Grand'Place, 75
1906 * - 1914 > Nivelles, Rue Sainte-Anne, 9
1906 * - 1914 > Nivelles, Rue Sainte-Anne, 9
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
COMPTE-TASSENOY, Brigitte, "Emmanuel Despret (1856-1938). Auteur wallon, peintre, photographe, éditeur et secrétaire communal de Monstreux de 1898 à 1930", Archéologie Histoire Folklore Nivelles et Brabant Wallon", n° 86 bis, mai 1992, pp. 55-77.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1874 - 1880
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#1438
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 1.2.2017, 31.5.2018 & 6.1.2019; MD revised 28.10.2020 & 9.9.2022; SFJ revised 1.2.2023