Born: Alfred William Amandus Plate Other: A.W.A. Plate & Co. Other: Alfred William Plâté Other: Clara Plate
Born: 1859 (ca) - Germany, [Hanover?] Died: 1931, 19 October - Austria, Linz Gender: Male Active: Ceylon
Married Clara Heinemann in London (January 1886) and left for Ceylon in 1887. Commercial photographers A.W.A. and Clara Plate established a studio in the Bristol Hotel in Colombo in 1890. The firm A.W.A. Plate & Co. became one of the most succesful studios in Ceylon and is still trading today as Plâté Ltd under new ownership.
From 1910 until 1923 the company was run by Clara in partnership with her brother Herbert Heinemann.
PLEASE NOTE: We welcome any further research on photographers that worked for A.W.A. Plate & Co. and the years they did so. As soon as we are able to distinguish different photographers we will include the details here. (January 2007)
Genealogy of A.W.A. Plate
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