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Dupont, Adolphe
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Namur, 1827 - Namur, 1908
Activity
1857 * - 1908 + Namur
Commissioner, shipping agent and customs agent. Corresponded with Désiré Van Monckhoven from January 1857. He also had contact with Joseph Maes and Victor Selb. His considerable output included an interesting series of stereoscopic views on glass, 1893-1895 ca, as well as snapshots of street scenes in Namur. Invented a printing frame for stereos, exhibited in 1893. In 1892, president of the "Société photographique de Sambre et Meuse", of which he was one of the main instigators. First president of the Namur section of the ABP from 2.1.1893 until May 1894.
Commissioner, shipping agent and customs agent. Corresponded with Désiré Van Monckhoven from January 1857. He also had contact with Joseph Maes and Victor Selb. His considerable output included an interesting series of stereoscopic views on glass, 1893-1895 ca, as well as snapshots of street scenes in Namur. Invented a printing frame for stereos, exhibited in 1893. In 1892, president of the "Société photographique de Sambre et Meuse", of which he was one of the main instigators. First president of the Namur section of the ABP from 2.1.1893 until May 1894.
Locations
1857 * - 1908 + Namur
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1893 ABP (Adolphe & Emile Dupont; also see entry for Louis Van Neck); Ghent, 1895.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
DUPONT, Pierre-Paul. Un demi-siècle de photographie à Namur des origines à 1900. Brussels, Crédit Communal, 1986, pp. 63-100.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1893 - 1908
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#5245
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 11.9.2017; MD revised 10.11.2023; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght