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Lekeu, Léonard Joseph
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Baelen, 1822 - Verviers, 1880
Activity
1849 * - 1854 / Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 46
° 27.5.1822; + 8.3.1880. Daguerreotypist. Settled in Verviers in 1848. Operated the first permanent studio in Verviers, which opened in November 1849.
1853 */ Namur, Hôtel de la Boule d'Or
No forename. On M. Stapleaux’s premises, at the Grognon (confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse) (Ami de l'Ordre, 2.12.1853).
1854 * - 1880 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 3
Sometimes written Lekeux. Patent of 1.3.1854 for "a camera suited for the daguerreotype" [detachable stand and transportable backcloth]. Subsequently he referred to himself: "By patents of H.M. the King of the Belgians". Photographs on paper from 1856, daguerreotypes until the end of 1858 (according to his advertisements). Supplies of cameras and chemicals. He enlarged his studio in December 1871.
1864 * - 1866 ca Liège, Boulevard de la Sauvenière, 142
Branch studio at this address from September 1864.
° 27.5.1822; + 8.3.1880. Daguerreotypist. Settled in Verviers in 1848. Operated the first permanent studio in Verviers, which opened in November 1849.
1853 */ Namur, Hôtel de la Boule d'Or
No forename. On M. Stapleaux’s premises, at the Grognon (confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse) (Ami de l'Ordre, 2.12.1853).
1854 * - 1880 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 3
Sometimes written Lekeux. Patent of 1.3.1854 for "a camera suited for the daguerreotype" [detachable stand and transportable backcloth]. Subsequently he referred to himself: "By patents of H.M. the King of the Belgians". Photographs on paper from 1856, daguerreotypes until the end of 1858 (according to his advertisements). Supplies of cameras and chemicals. He enlarged his studio in December 1871.
1864 * - 1866 ca Liège, Boulevard de la Sauvenière, 142
Branch studio at this address from September 1864.
Locations
1849 * - 1854 / Verviers, Rue de l'Harmonie, 46
1853 */ Namur, Hôtel de la Boule d'Or
1854 * - 1880 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 3
1864 * - 1866 ca Liège, Boulevard de la Sauvenière, 142
1853 */ Namur, Hôtel de la Boule d'Or
1854 * - 1880 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 3
1864 * - 1866 ca Liège, Boulevard de la Sauvenière, 142
Exhibitions
Brussels, 1874.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
BALaT - Lekeu, Léonard-Joseph: http://balat.kikirpa.be/people.php?priref=115437
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#2694
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MCC revised 25.1.2019; SFJ revised 1.2.2023; MD revised 31.1.2024