Johann Eberhard Feilner (1802-1869)
1848 (ca)
Portrait of a young man with unusual hairstyle

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4038
 
Johann Eberhard Feilner was a lithographer in Cologne until he followed his brother Franz to Bremen who had a printing press there since 1825. Here he married and established himself as of 1832 as a portrait painter and drawing teacher. As of 1844 he founded a studio for daguerreotypes in 1844 and in 1845 already advertised exceptionally large daguerreotypes.
 
For almost two decades Feilner remained the most renowned photographer of the region who was also the first to establish himself permanently in Bremen. After his death in 1869 his son Jean Baptiste Feilner continued the business, establishing branches in Braunschweig, Emden, Oldenburg, Borkum, Bonn, Koblenz, Hannover and Vienna. The Bremen studio continued until 1894
 
LL/85315