About Jenny Bossard-Biow
Lived 1813 – 1858 (aged 44–45). Jenny Bossard-Biow was a German photographer.
Jenny Bossard-Biow (c. 1813 – after 1858) was an early German female photographer, possibly the first woman in Germany to have worked with the daguerreotype process. She was the sister of the photographer Hermann Biow who had established a studio in the Altona district of Hamburg in 1841. When he moved to Dresden in 1848, Bossard-Biow continued to run the Hamburg studio.
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Who was Jenny Bossard-Biow?
German photographer (1813 – after 1858)
When was Jenny Bossard-Biow born?
Jenny Bossard-Biow was born in 1813 in Wrocław.
When did Jenny Bossard-Biow die?
Jenny Bossard-Biow died in 1858.
What was Jenny Bossard-Biow's occupation?
Jenny Bossard-Biow was a photographer.
What nationality was Jenny Bossard-Biow?
Jenny Bossard-Biow was German.
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