BlanquartEvrard

Blanquart-Evrard is a name associated with a 19th-century French firm that manufactured photographic papers and related materials. Based in Lille, France, the company specialized in early albumen-coated papers and later gelatin-silver photographic papers, which were widely used by studios and amateur photographers across Europe during the mid-to-late 1800s.

Blanquart-Evrard papers were valued for their tonal range and archival potential, helping to popularize commercially produced supports at a time when printing practices were expanding beyond handmade papers. The firm’s catalogs and technical notes contributed to the dissemination of albumen printing processes and the adoption of standardized formats among photographers.

Over the course of the late 19th century, the photographic materials industry underwent consolidation, and Blanquart-Evrard diminished as an independent brand, though its products continued to appear in historical catalogs and archives. Today, the name persists in museum collections and scholarly works on the history of photography as a marker of early modern printing technology.

Notable individuals bearing the Blanquart-Evrard name belonged to a family involved in chemical and industrial work that supported photographic development. While precise biographical details vary in archival sources, the family is recognized for its role in advancing and distributing photographic materials during the formative years of commercial photography.