{{Short description|French photographer (1802–1877)}} [[Image:Signing the Treaty of Whampoa by Jules Itier.jpg|thumb| Signatories of the Whampoa Treaty with Lagrené and Qiying in the center, 1844]] thumb|Daguerreotype of Macao, taken by Itier in 1844 '''Jules Alphonse Eugène Itier''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒyl alfɔ̃s øʒɛn itje}}; 1802–1877) was a French customs inspector and amateur daguerreotypist. Between 1842 and 1843 he traveled to Senegal, Guadeloupe and India, where he took a number of early daguerreotypes.
In December 1843, Itier was sent to accompany Théodore de Lagrené on his journey to China, where he had been dispatched by Louis Philippe to conclude a commercial treaty. In China, Itier documented the conclusion of the Treaty of Whampoa and took a number of daguerreotypes of Chinese people and scenery in the Guangdong region. Although the daguerreotype reportedly reached China in the later stages of the First Opium War, Itier's daguerreotypes are the earliest preserved photographs of China. Upon his return to France, Itier wrote an extensive travelogue of his journey to China.
==References== *Itier, Jules. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Itier%2C+Jules%2C+ca.+1805-1877%22 ''Journal d'un voyage en Chine en 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846.''] 3 vols. Paris: Chez Dauvin et Fontaine, 1848. *Itier, Jules, Julie Guiyot-Corteville, Rémi Calzada, Éric Karsenty, and Musée français de la photographie. ''Jules Itier, Premières photographies de la Chine, 1844. Catalogue de l'exposition, [Centre Culturel de Chine, Paris, 14-27 novembre 2012].'' Évry: Publication du Musée français de la photographie-Conseil général de l'Essonne, 2012. ISBN 978-2950708229
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070504200358/http://www.cpanet.cn/gcms/end.php?news_id=4457 Article from China Photography Museum (in Chinese)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721013050/http://www.museedelaphoto.fr/mod_webcms/content.php?CID=LQ3078C Daguerreotypes by Jules Itier (in French)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527210757/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1699 Biography from the Getty]
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