Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
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Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, born in 1798 in Frauenfeld
and died in 1865 in Paris
, was a French merchant and photographer born in Switzerland, married to a Canadian seigneuress. Famous for being the first to photograph the Acropolis and then the Egyptian Pyramids with Horace Vernet
and Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet. He is also the father of sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
, premier of Quebec from 1878 to 1879.
Born on February 5, 1798, in Switzerland
, Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly is the son of Antoine Joly de Marval, merchant and of Ursula Fehr de Brunner. His family settled down at Épernay
, in Champagne
, in the beginning of the 19th century where they specialized in wine trading. While the father and the eldest son, Moïse-Salomon, remained in Épernay, Pierre-Gustave visit European capitals to find new buyers. Saint Petersburg
, Copenhague, Amsterdam
, his travels carried his even in América
where the merchant is introduce in New York
and Montreal
's society.
In Montreal, he married Julie-Christine Chartier de Lotbinière, daughter of Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière
2nd Marquis de Lotbinière December 17, 1828. The seigneurie de Lotbinière
near Quebec City
was her dowry. After his wedding, he unofficially added "de Lotbinière" to his name. He spent his time traveling between France
and Canada
, managing his wife's seigneurie and his investments in French Guyana and the Canadian railroad. He built his summer estate, the Platon Point in Ste-Croix-de-Lotibnière, known today as the Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière.
On August 19, 1839, he was in Paris when Jacques Daguerre showed the first photographic device to the scientific world. Organizing a trip to East, Pierre-Gustave acquires one of those device from Noël Lerebours Paymal and started his journey. After the Greece
, it goes to the Egypt
. On the spot, he met Horace Vernet
and his nephew, Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet with whom he will continue his journey. He traveled also in Palestine
, Syria
and Turkey
. On his return he published his photographs in Excursions daguerriennes and Panorama from Egypt and Nubia. No photo taken by him is known after this trip.
The couple had three children, one daughter and two sons. In 1861, after 33 years of marriage, Joly separated from his wife and gave his Canadian possessions to his eldest son, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
. He died in Paris
on June 8, 1865 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery
. His wife died in Quebec, October 24, 1887, having survived her husband for many years, aged 77 and her remains was buried at Vaudreuil.
His son, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
assumed his mother's name by Act of Parliament, 1888. He entered public life, and was created a K.C.M.G. by Queen Victoria, 1895. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
His daughter Amelie Joly married Captain H.G. Savage, R.E., and their daughter became the Vicomtesse de Coux.
His son Edmond Joly, entered the army, being gazetted to the 32nd Regiment. While
on sick leave, he volunteered for service in the Crimea, and was present with the Connaught
Rangers at the taking of Sebastopol. In 1857 he left for India, to rejoin his old
regiment. Edmond Joly was with the Connaught Rangers at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), but was killed at the Siege of Lucknow
September 25, 1857.
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-Early history:The earliest trace of human settlement are several La Tène era graves to the east of Langdorf. The Roman road from Oberwinterthur to Pfyn ran through what is now the Allmend in Frauenfeld. Two Roman villas were...
and died in 1865 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, was a French merchant and photographer born in Switzerland, married to a Canadian seigneuress. Famous for being the first to photograph the Acropolis and then the Egyptian Pyramids with Horace Vernet
Horace Vernet
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist Arab subjects.Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famous painter, who was himself a son of Claude Joseph Vernet. He was born in the Paris Louvre, while his parents were staying there during the French...
and Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet. He is also the father of sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, served as the fourth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.- Early years :...
, premier of Quebec from 1878 to 1879.
Biography
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly is the son of Antoine Joly de Marval, merchant and of Ursula Fehr de Brunner. His family settled down at Épernay
Épernay
Épernay is a commune in the Marne department in northern France. Épernay is located some 130 km north-east of Paris on the main line of the Eastern railway to Strasbourg...
, in Champagne
Champagne (province)
The Champagne wine region is a historic province within the Champagne administrative province in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name...
, in the beginning of the 19th century where they specialized in wine trading. While the father and the eldest son, Moïse-Salomon, remained in Épernay, Pierre-Gustave visit European capitals to find new buyers. Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Copenhague, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, his travels carried his even in América
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where the merchant is introduce in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's society.
In Montreal, he married Julie-Christine Chartier de Lotbinière, daughter of Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière
Colonel The Hon. Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière , de jure 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière...
2nd Marquis de Lotbinière December 17, 1828. The seigneurie de Lotbinière
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Lotbinière is a Regional County Municipality in central Quebec, Canada in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2001 Census, the RCM had a population of 26,851, a decrease of 0.3% since 1996. Its seat is in...
near Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
was her dowry. After his wedding, he unofficially added "de Lotbinière" to his name. He spent his time traveling between France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, managing his wife's seigneurie and his investments in French Guyana and the Canadian railroad. He built his summer estate, the Platon Point in Ste-Croix-de-Lotibnière, known today as the Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière.
On August 19, 1839, he was in Paris when Jacques Daguerre showed the first photographic device to the scientific world. Organizing a trip to East, Pierre-Gustave acquires one of those device from Noël Lerebours Paymal and started his journey. After the Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, it goes to the Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. On the spot, he met Horace Vernet
Horace Vernet
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist Arab subjects.Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famous painter, who was himself a son of Claude Joseph Vernet. He was born in the Paris Louvre, while his parents were staying there during the French...
and his nephew, Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet with whom he will continue his journey. He traveled also in Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. On his return he published his photographs in Excursions daguerriennes and Panorama from Egypt and Nubia. No photo taken by him is known after this trip.
The couple had three children, one daughter and two sons. In 1861, after 33 years of marriage, Joly separated from his wife and gave his Canadian possessions to his eldest son, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, served as the fourth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.- Early years :...
. He died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on June 8, 1865 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery
Montmartre Cemetery
Montmartre Cemetery is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.-History:Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards...
. His wife died in Quebec, October 24, 1887, having survived her husband for many years, aged 77 and her remains was buried at Vaudreuil.
His son, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, served as the fourth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.- Early years :...
assumed his mother's name by Act of Parliament, 1888. He entered public life, and was created a K.C.M.G. by Queen Victoria, 1895. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
His daughter Amelie Joly married Captain H.G. Savage, R.E., and their daughter became the Vicomtesse de Coux.
His son Edmond Joly, entered the army, being gazetted to the 32nd Regiment. While
on sick leave, he volunteered for service in the Crimea, and was present with the Connaught
Rangers at the taking of Sebastopol. In 1857 he left for India, to rejoin his old
regiment. Edmond Joly was with the Connaught Rangers at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), but was killed at the Siege of Lucknow
Siege of Lucknow
The Siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defense of the Residency within the city of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was abandoned.Lucknow was the capital of...
September 25, 1857.
Sources
- Joly de Lotbinière Family Collection, Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec, Cote P351,S3
- Eleanor Brown, « The world's first daguerreotype images : Canadian travel photographer Pierre Gustave Gaspard Joly de Lotbinière», in The Archivist n°118, November 1999, pp. 22 à 29
- Hazen SiseHazen SiseHazen E. Sise was a Canadian architect, educator, and humanitarian.-Early life and education:Sise was born in 1906 in Montreal, Quebec. His father was the President of the Northern Electric Company. He attended the Selwyn House School in Montreal and Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec...
, « The Seigneur of Lotbinière - His "Excursions daguerriennes" », Canadian Art, 1951, Vol. IX, no 1.
External links
- Article published in The Archivist about his 1839-1840 photographic travel
- His summer estate now a garden open to public