Georges Ancely
1847–1919 (age 72)
Biography
Georges Ancely was a photographer whose career spanned the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth. Born in 1847, he witnessed and documented the rapid evolution of photographic technology and artistic practice throughout his professional life.
Ancely lived to see the dawn of the twentieth century, passing away in 1919 at an advanced age. He was laid to rest in the cemetery of Terre Cabade, leaving behind a legacy as a practitioner of the photographic arts during photography's formative years.