- Jules Itier
Jules Alphonse Eugène Itier (1802-77) French customs inspector and amateur daguerreotypist. Between 1842 and 1843 he traveled to
Senegal ,Guadeloupe andIndia , where he took a number of early daguerreotypes.In December 1843, Itier was sent to accompany Théodore de Lagrené on his journey to
China , where he been dispatched by Louis Philippe to conclude a commercial treaty. In China, Itier documented the conclusion of theTreaty of Whampoa and took a number of daguerreotypes of Chinese people and scenery in theGuangdong region. Although the daguerreotype reportedly reached China in the later stages of theFirst Opium War , Itier's daguerreptypes are the earliest preserved photographs of China. Upon his return to France, Itier wrote an extensive travelogue of his journey to China.References
*Itier, Jules. "Journal d'un voyage en Chine en 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846." 3 vols. Paris: Chez Dauvin et Fontaine, 1848.
External links
* [http://www.cpanet.cn/gcms/end.php?news_id=4457 Article from China Photography Museum (in Chinese)]
* [http://photographie.essonne.fr/visionneuse.jsp?id=33 Daguerreotypes by Jules Itier (in French)]
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1699 Biography from the Getty]
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