Born: 1810 - France, Lot-et-Garonne, Dausse Died: 1867 (ca) Gender: Male Active: Algeria
Born in France and went to Algeria in 1847 working first as a framer and later as a Daguerreotypist. In 1858 he became a member of the Société Française de Photographie (SFP) with number 003. By around 1860 he had formed a partnership in Algiers with Julie Geiser, the widow of Lucien-Jacob Geiser who had died in 1852. The firm of Alary & Geiser became one of the most significant studios in Algeria.
[With contributions by Michel Megnin, July 2008]
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Alary
Portraits
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Genealogy of Jean-Baptiste Antoine Alary
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