Peter Carstensen Peter Carstensen (1817-?) was a salesman from Denmark, who moved to Amsterdam in 1854 and returned to Denmark in 1868. He had a studio at Nieuwendijk H201 (1860-1868) where he made both ambrotypes and carte de visite.
Louis Robert Werner Louis Robert Werner (1834-1896) came from Germany to Amsterdam in 1861. He took over the studio from Peter, who was the uncle of his wife Friederik Amalie Habedank, who he had married two years prior. He continued to make carte de visite at the same address (1868-1877) then moved to Nieuwendijk 150 (1878-1886). There are no known ambrotypes by his hand. His son Richard August Werner worked as a photographer in Amersfoort and Amsterdam.
Peter Carstensen Louis Robert Werner |
Ambrotypes
by Peter Carstensen:
Carte de Visite
by
Peter Carstensen
Carte de Visite
by L. R. Werner
Early 201 / Middle 150 / Landscape / Landscape2
Late / Late 2 / Cabinet / Son
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The album that can be seen in some photos is a prop from the studio.
Several photos are related to each other and labelled as series A-D.
The dates are not exact and are altered as new information comes in.
Werner Family Tree
All the different backings found for Werner's work.
Row 01: Peter Carstensen, L. R. Werner, Friederik Amalie Habedank, in mourning in the 3rd image, son Anton Ernst, son Oscar Adolph
Row 02: daughter Agnes
Row 03: Agnes' husband Wim, their children Oscar, Bertha, Frederika, (Jan Robberts, nephew of Wim), and Agnes
Agnes, aged 11
This photo was sadly sold to another buyer