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Wicard, Edouard
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
- Au Lion d'Afrique
- Etablissement Electro-Technique
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur / Connected
Details
Life dates
Tournai, 1864 - Tournai, 1935
Activity
1886 - 1914 Tournai, Rue des Puits-l'Eau, 20
Edouard Eugène Justin, ° 22.4.1864; + 24.8.1935. Cameras and photographic supplies. Trained as a taxidermist by his father, Wicard became an electrician and early telephone supplier. Letterheads read: "Electric lighting. Signals, telephones, lightning conductors. Apparatus and general supplies for electricity, photography and science." Corresponding member of the "Société Photogaphique de Lille" in 1896-1898.
Edouard Eugène Justin, ° 22.4.1864; + 24.8.1935. Cameras and photographic supplies. Trained as a taxidermist by his father, Wicard became an electrician and early telephone supplier. Letterheads read: "Electric lighting. Signals, telephones, lightning conductors. Apparatus and general supplies for electricity, photography and science." Corresponding member of the "Société Photogaphique de Lille" in 1896-1898.
Locations
1886 - 1914 Tournai, Rue des Puits-l'Eau, 20
Exhibitions
Tournai, 1896; Tournai, 1897 (stereoviews on glass).
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
RENSON, Florence. "Édouard Wicard (1864-1935). Naturaliste, constructeur-électricien et photographe à Tournai", Pasquier Grenier A.S.B.L., no. 98 (September 2009), pp. 3-14.
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1894 - 1913
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4760
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 26.4.2017; SFJ revised 25.2.2019, 9.5.2020 & 19.9.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 26.7.2021; SFJ revised 9.8.2023; MD revised 25.6.2020, 23.1.2023 & 21.3.2024