Robert Peters Napper (1818–1867) was a Quaker who published albums of photographs from Andalusia, Spain and the Vale of Neath, Wales.
Robert Peters Napper | |
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| Born | 23 December 1818  |
| Died | 1867 (aged 48–49) |
Life
editThe son of Peter and Mary Napper, he was born in Newport, Wales on 23 December 1818.[1]
He became interested in natural history and sailed for Sydney, Australia, in 1841. From there he went to collect specimens among the Aborigines around Moreton Bay, Queensland.[2] He then moved on to business in Manila, Philippines for 12 years. In 1856 he returned to Britain via America, where he learnt about photography. He was a partner in a London photographic company, McLean, Melhuish, Napper & Co.[3] from 1859 to 1861. He is most famous for photographs taken as an employee of Francis Frith in Spain, particularly Andalucia, in the early 1860s.[4][5]
He died, after a year of illness, on 31 October 1867.[6]
Publications
edit- Views in Andalusia (1862), sold for '8 or 10 guineas [7]
- Views in Wales. The Vale of Neath (by R. P. Napper. Photographed by the British and Foreign Portrait Company. With descriptive letterpress by C. H. Waring) (1864)
Photographic works
edite.g.
- Loja, Granada|Loja, from Views in Andalusia
- Dinas Rock, from Views in Wales
References
edit- ^ Public Record Office RG6/927, accessed Nov 2020 via Findmypast
- ^ "Sydney Morning Herald". 14 December 1842.
- ^ Early Photography web site Early Photography
- ^ Sougez, M.L.; Pérez Gallardo, H. (2003). Diccionario de historia de la fotografía. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra. pp. 327–328. ISBN 84-376-2038-4.
- ^ Fontanella, L. (1981). La historia de la Fotografía en España desde sus orígenes hasta 1900. Madrid: Ediciones El Viso. pp. 84, 206. ISBN 84-86022-00-2.
- ^ Annual Monitor for 1868, p. 101-108
- ^ Monmouthshire Merlin, 29 April, 1865