Nepper, Guillaume

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

Alternative name or descriptor

  • Compagnie Belge de l'Autocopiste

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Status

  • Amateur / Connected

Details

Life dates

Guirsch (Arlon), 1860 - ?, ?

Activity

1890 - 1895 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 82
° 30.10.1860. Autocopist (C. Raymond process). Arrived at this address on 10.11.1890 and left for Boulvard du Hainaut, 14 on 20.4.1895. Note that the "Compagnie Belge de l'Autocopiste" (see entry) was already advertising at Boulevard Anspach, 69 in May 1886 and at Boulevard du Nord, 62 by the end of 1886 until at least February 1890. The advertisements first mention specifically copying photographs in 1888. Nepper was recorded as director of the company in 1894, described as placing “collotype within the means of everybody” (Hélios illustré, 1.3.1894).
1905 - 1908 Bruxelles, Boulevard du Hainaut, 16
Nepper ran a stationer's shop, "Papeterie de l'Autocopiste", at this address, already listed in 1901-1902. Subsequently listed with prefix "Maison" (= firm) as a wholesaler of illustrated postcards, "speciality of French bromides".

Locations

1890 - 1895 / Bruxelles, Boulevard du Nord, 82
1905 - 1908 Bruxelles, Boulevard du Hainaut, 16

Exhibitions

Bruxelles, 1891.

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Affiliations

Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1891 - 1895

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Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#5308

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 25.11.2017; MD revised 3.5.2021; SFJ revised 8.8.2021; SFJ revised 27.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght

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