Ferdinand Joubert

French artist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench artist
A.K.A.Jean Ferdinand Joubert de la Ferté
A.K.A.Jean Ferdinand Joubert de la Ferté
PlacesFrance
wasPhotographer Engraver
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1810
Death1884 (aged 74 years)
The details

Biography

An 1871 stamp of Guatemala, engraved by Joubert.

Jean Ferdinand Joubert de la Ferté (15 September 1810 – 1884) was a French engraver, photographer and inventor who developed new photographic techniques and engraved notable postage and revenue stamps of the United Kingdom and the Confederate States. He was also the engraver of the Halfpenny Yellow, the first postage stamp of Malta.

Life

Joubert was born in Paris on 15 September 1810. He was a student of Henriquel-Dupont in 1829. Joubert married Francis Emelia in 1842.

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