Robert Peters Napper
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Robert Peters Napper (1818–1867) was a Quaker who published albums of photographs from Andalusia, Spain and the Vale of Neath, Wales.
Life
[edit | edit source]The 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 | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]e.g.
- Loja, Granada|Loja, from Views in Andalusia
- Dinas Rock, from Views in Wales
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Public Record Office RG6/927, accessed Nov 2020 via Findmypast
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- ^ Early Photography web site Early Photography
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- ^ Annual Monitor for 1868, p. 101-108
- ^ Monmouthshire Merlin, 29 April, 1865
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