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Sherrington, John
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Preston [Lancashire, GB], 1805 - Courtrai, 1883
Activity
1860 * - 1877 Courtrai
° 23.8.1805; + 17.11.1883. Linen merchant. In 1846, calotypist in Rotterdam [NL], where he was resident from 1840 to 1852. He took the earliest city views of Rotterdam, a surviving series of 18 salt prints held in the Print Room at the University of Leiden. He moved to Brussels - Ixelles in 1852. We currently know of no photographs taken by Sherrington during his stay in Brussels. He left for Courtrai in 1860.
° 23.8.1805; + 17.11.1883. Linen merchant. In 1846, calotypist in Rotterdam [NL], where he was resident from 1840 to 1852. He took the earliest city views of Rotterdam, a surviving series of 18 salt prints held in the Print Room at the University of Leiden. He moved to Brussels - Ixelles in 1852. We currently know of no photographs taken by Sherrington during his stay in Brussels. He left for Courtrai in 1860.
Locations
1860 * - 1877 Courtrai
Exhibitions
Courtrai, 1865 (view of the Marché aux Légumes, genre scenes and local crafts studies).
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Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3867
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 27.6.2018 & 9.12.2018; MD revised 6.7.2020