Printed: 2025-05-19
Verhassel, Egide
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Photographie Instantanée (in Chaussée de Gand)
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Termonde, 1834 - Brussels - Molenbeek, 1921
Activity
1861 * - 1864 ca Diest, Rue Neuve, 43
° 28.1.1834. Probably the oldest photography firm still operating in Belgium today ("Studio Verhassel / photographes de reportages", Brussels - Schaerbeek). Recorded as a photographer aged 24 domiciled in Brussels when signing as witness on the death certificate of Jean Louis Bargignac (= B. Leba) in Brussels on 10.6.1858. Recorded as a clerk in the Brussels population register when living at Rue Neuve, 94. Left for Antwerp on 2.1.1860. Verhassel took ambrotypes in Diest. His wedding certificate of 11.4.1863 recorded his domicile as Brussels - Molenbeek.
1864 * - 1865 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 6
Arrived here on 10.2.1864. Left for Diest on 12.8.1865.
1869 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Chaussée de Gand, 11<69-80>, 3<80-90> then 4<91-14>
"A la Renommée" on certain photographs. Some CVs state: "Studio founded in 1861". Speciality: enlargements. Listed as a photographer and hardware store owner in the 1880 Tarlier directory. Also see entry for his son Georges at this address.
1872 Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Rue Sainte-Marie, 15
On CV, "Inventor of a system of permanent photography applicable to enlargements. Portrait studio, specially arranged for photography." It appears that this branch studio existed only for a short while.
° 28.1.1834. Probably the oldest photography firm still operating in Belgium today ("Studio Verhassel / photographes de reportages", Brussels - Schaerbeek). Recorded as a photographer aged 24 domiciled in Brussels when signing as witness on the death certificate of Jean Louis Bargignac (= B. Leba) in Brussels on 10.6.1858. Recorded as a clerk in the Brussels population register when living at Rue Neuve, 94. Left for Antwerp on 2.1.1860. Verhassel took ambrotypes in Diest. His wedding certificate of 11.4.1863 recorded his domicile as Brussels - Molenbeek.
1864 * - 1865 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 6
Arrived here on 10.2.1864. Left for Diest on 12.8.1865.
1869 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Chaussée de Gand, 11<69-80>, 3<80-90> then 4<91-14>
"A la Renommée" on certain photographs. Some CVs state: "Studio founded in 1861". Speciality: enlargements. Listed as a photographer and hardware store owner in the 1880 Tarlier directory. Also see entry for his son Georges at this address.
1872 Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Rue Sainte-Marie, 15
On CV, "Inventor of a system of permanent photography applicable to enlargements. Portrait studio, specially arranged for photography." It appears that this branch studio existed only for a short while.
Locations
1861 * - 1864 ca Diest, Rue Neuve, 43
1864 * - 1865 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 6
1869 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Chaussée de Gand, 11<69-80>, 3<80-90> then 4<91-14>
1872 Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Rue Sainte-Marie, 15
1864 * - 1865 / Bruxelles, Marché aux Herbes, 6
1869 - 1914 > Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Chaussée de Gand, 11<69-80>, 3<80-90> then 4<91-14>
1872 Bruxelles - Molenbeek, Rue Sainte-Marie, 15
Exhibitions
Genres / subject matter
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4608
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 6.2.2018, 25.2.2019 & 2.5.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 17.6.2020 & 12.11.2020; SFJ revised 5.2.2021; SFJ revised 29.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght