Wettstein, (Jean -) Edouard

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Status

  • Professional

Details

Life dates

Verviers, 1839 - Verviers, 1899

Activity

1863 */ Verviers, Crapaurue, 230
° 30.10.1839; + 19.12.1899. Perhaps already active from 1860 onwards. He is said to have taken an exterior view in Verviers in 1861 (the Hauzeur firm in Gérardchamps). Advertisements by his son Edouard have been found which claim that the studio was founded in 1862. He established himself in Mr Desart-Clébant’s garden in April 1863. "Edouard Fils" on CVs.
1863 * - 1870 / Verviers, Rue David, 15
Opened on 20.10.1863. Sometimes written "Wetstein" on CVs. Photographed the carriage of the newly deposed and captive emperor Napoleon III in Verviers as well as the hotel bedroom in which he slept on 4.9.1870.
1870 * - 1899 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 34, then 36<92-99>
Successor: Wettstein Edouard Fils
He consolidated his reputation as the best portrait studio in Verviers for nearly 30 years. Recorded as "Ed. Wettstein Fils" until his father Samuel’s death in 1877, then "Ed. Wettstein". Also stationery and picture framing. CV with credit "Ed. Wettstein Fils" at no. 34 bearing a mounted label for Armand Weber, optician in Verviers, no doubt a distributor. Member of the ABP from 11.2.1879. In November 1893 his elder son, also Edouard (see that name), became his partner.

Locations

1863 */ Verviers, Crapaurue, 230
1863 * - 1870 / Verviers, Rue David, 15
1870 * - 1899 + Verviers, Rue de la Tranchée, 34, then 36<92-99>

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Bibliography/Webography

FREYENS, R. "Les Wettstein, relieurs, photographes et imprimeurs", Temps Jadis, n° 28, 1988, pp. 12-15, for a full account of the bookbinding and printing business.

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Affiliated entity

Association belge de Photographie

Type of affiliation

Member of

Dates of affiliation

1879 - 1899

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Management

Record source

DIRECTORY_1997#4751

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ revised 10.4.2020 & 5.3.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 2.9.2024

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