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Carte-de-visite of an unidentified man (c1880-1885) by Philip Adolphe Klier (1845-1911)
Carte-de-visite of an unidentified man by Philip Adolphe Klier
(1845 Germany – Burma 1911)
Klier was active from 1871 where he was a professional photographer in Moulmein, Burma. His business interests included work as an optician, watchmaker, and jeweller as well as running the firm known as Murken & Klier.
Around 1880 Klier moved to Rangoon, Burma‘s largest city. Klier worked independently there until 1885 when he went into partnership with J. Jackson. By 1890 the partnership was dissolved and Klier became independent again.
Klier sold views of Lower Burma, Maulmain and the Andaman Islands, and ‘Burmese celebrities and characters of Burmese life‘.
A number of his photographs were produced as photogravures in art books of the time.
From a collection attributed to Thomas George Roecastle Finny, Commander, Royal Indian Marine (1851-1910) .
Carte-de-visite of an unidentified man (c1880-1885) by Philip Adolphe Klier (1845-1911)
Carte-de-visite of an unidentified man by Philip Adolphe Klier
(1845 Germany – Burma 1911)
Klier was active from 1871 where he was a professional photographer in Moulmein, Burma. His business interests included work as an optician, watchmaker, and jeweller as well as running the firm known as Murken & Klier.
Around 1880 Klier moved to Rangoon, Burma‘s largest city. Klier worked independently there until 1885 when he went into partnership with J. Jackson. By 1890 the partnership was dissolved and Klier became independent again.
Klier sold views of Lower Burma, Maulmain and the Andaman Islands, and ‘Burmese celebrities and characters of Burmese life‘.
A number of his photographs were produced as photogravures in art books of the time.
From a collection attributed to Thomas George Roecastle Finny, Commander, Royal Indian Marine (1851-1910) .