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Jacobs - Byl, Léonie
Identity
Category
Person (Female)
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Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Termonde, 1840 - Termonde, 1917
Activity
1882 - 1888 / Termonde, Rue de l'Eglise, 11
° 6.7.1840; + 13.11.1917. Pierre Jean Byl’s daughter and wife of the artist-painter and engraver Louis Jacobs (1855 - 1929), whom she married in Dendermonde on 22.2.1879. She had been the operator in her parents' studio throughout the 1870s.
1888 * - 1900 / Termonde, Rue des Soeurs Noires
Arrived at this address in July 1888 which featured an "entirely new installation" (Gazette van Dendermonde, 22.7.1888). Also sold fine art prints, mirrors and picture frames here. Views of Termonde. Jacobs - Byl's husband celebrated her 25 years as a photographer in 1895 by composing a celebratory ode. Moved, with her family, to suburban Appels, "Villa der Schoone Kunsten" in Veerstraat, in 1899, but continued to operate at this address on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays.
1900 * - 1903 / Termonde, Grand'Place, 53 / corner Rue de l'Eglise
Successor: Maes Frères
Moved to this address, coming from Rue des Soeurs Noires, in November 1900, a move advertised in January 1901 (Het Licht, 13.1.1901). This building was Jacobs - Byl's parental house and contained the studio in which she had previously operated on behalf of her father Pierre Jean Byl and then her widowed mother.
° 6.7.1840; + 13.11.1917. Pierre Jean Byl’s daughter and wife of the artist-painter and engraver Louis Jacobs (1855 - 1929), whom she married in Dendermonde on 22.2.1879. She had been the operator in her parents' studio throughout the 1870s.
1888 * - 1900 / Termonde, Rue des Soeurs Noires
Arrived at this address in July 1888 which featured an "entirely new installation" (Gazette van Dendermonde, 22.7.1888). Also sold fine art prints, mirrors and picture frames here. Views of Termonde. Jacobs - Byl's husband celebrated her 25 years as a photographer in 1895 by composing a celebratory ode. Moved, with her family, to suburban Appels, "Villa der Schoone Kunsten" in Veerstraat, in 1899, but continued to operate at this address on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays.
1900 * - 1903 / Termonde, Grand'Place, 53 / corner Rue de l'Eglise
Successor: Maes Frères
Moved to this address, coming from Rue des Soeurs Noires, in November 1900, a move advertised in January 1901 (Het Licht, 13.1.1901). This building was Jacobs - Byl's parental house and contained the studio in which she had previously operated on behalf of her father Pierre Jean Byl and then her widowed mother.
Locations
1882 - 1888 / Termonde, Rue de l'Eglise, 11
1888 * - 1900 / Termonde, Rue des Soeurs Noires
1900 * - 1903 / Termonde, Grand'Place, 53 / corner Rue de l'Eglise
1888 * - 1900 / Termonde, Rue des Soeurs Noires
1900 * - 1903 / Termonde, Grand'Place, 53 / corner Rue de l'Eglise
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Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2308
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 21.4.2018, 11.1.2019 & 15.8.2019; SFJ revised 9.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 23.12.2021; SFJ revised 8.2.2023