Gecele, Sebastiano

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

Alternative name or descriptor

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Status

  • Professional / Connected

Details

Life dates

Pieve Tesino [IT], 1832 - Brussels, 1881

Activity

1867 * - 1881 + Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 82<67> or 86
Predecessor: Barboni Jacques & Fils Successor: Gecele Veuve Sebastiano
° 6.10.1832. Engineer-optician. Moved to this address on 26.7.1867 (came from Bruges in 1860; formerly lived in Rue du Poinçon, 53 and was probably already an employee of the Barbonis). Opening announced in December 1867 (Journal de Bruxelles, 10.12.1867). Optics. Spectacle making. Scientific instruments. Photographs. Paper. Chemicals and photographic apparatus. He continued to use invoices in the name of Barboni until 1869. Founder member of the ABP. In the directory of 1878, he is no longer listed under the heading "photographer", but as an "optician" and under "supplies for photographers". "Agent for lenses by the 'Maison Anzoux' in Paris and other suppliers. Agent for collodion by Herzog (Bremen) and for gelatino-silver bromide plates by Darbfontaine in Namur" [Rozez, 1881].

Locations

1867 * - 1881 + Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 82<67> or 86

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Bibliography/Webography

CLAES, Marie-Christine. Répertoire des Tesini - Gecele : http://balat.kikirpa.be/tesini/fam/gecele.pdf

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1874 - 1877

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Management

Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#1808

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 29.6.2017; MCC revised 22.5.2018 & 4.8.2019.; MD revised 4.6.2020

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