Maria Elisabeth Hille (1827–1893), was a Dutch photographer. She was the first professional female photographer in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. She managed a studio where she worked alongside her spouse in

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in 1853 (from 1857 in

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). She took over the business formally when she was widowed in 1863.

References

External links

Maria Hille biography at Photolexicon, Depth of field.
19th-century Dutch photographers 19th-century Dutch businesspeople Dutch women photographers 1827 births 1893 deaths 19th-century women photographers {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub