Adolphe Duperly
Adolphe Duperly (1801–1865) was a French engraver, lithographer and printer who settled in Kingston, Jamaica, and who produced daguerreotypes and then founded a photography business.
Duperly was born in Paris, but was in Jamaica in the 1830s and produced a lithograph of the 1831 Baptist War and the emancipation celebrations in Kingston in 1838. He also provided a pictorial chronicle of African-Caribbean people in the 1830s. During the 1840s he published a collection of daguerreotypes of Jamaica.[1]
He established Adolphe Duperly and Sons, which became the most successful photography business in Jamaica. The company was continued after his death by his son, Armond, and grandson Théophile.[2] The companies original premises was destroyed by fire in 1907. From 1909 their studio was 85 King Street, Kingston.[3]
Duperly and Haiti
[edit]Duperly moved to Haiti in 1823 and became one of the teachers of the Lycée National of Haiti (Lycée Toussaint Louverture in Haiti).[4]
References and sources
[edit]- References
- ^ "Adolphe Duperly and Sons". RCS Photographers Index. Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Wright, Colin. "Daguerian Excursions in Jamaica". www.bl.uk. British Library. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Adolphe Duperly and Sons". archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk. Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Staff writer (6 June 1823). "News" (PDF). Le Télégraphe. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- Sources
Staff writer (6 June 1823). "News" (PDF). Le Télégraphe. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 12 June 2017.