Paul Tanqueray
(1905-1991), PhotographerSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 186 portraits
Paul Tanqueray was born on 14 January 1905 in Littlehampton, Sussex. He opened his first studio at 139, High Street, Kensington in 1925. Five years of success in Kensington led to a move to the West End of London at 8, Dover Street. Tanqueray's photographs appeared in The Sketch and The Tatler and most frequently inside and on the cover of Theatre World. During the Second World War Tanqueray worked with the Chelsea Civil Defence and then re-opened his studio at 30, Thurloe Place in South Kensington where he continued to take photographs until his retirement in 1965. In 1983 Tanqueray donated his negative collection of celebrities to the National Portrait Gallery, which joined 67 prints previously given in 1975.
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1926
NPG x26871
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1926
NPG x13309
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print, 1927
NPG x21500
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1927
NPG x7250
Frank Lawton as Woodley in 'Young Woodley'
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print, 1928
NPG x19907
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1928
NPG x180058
Juliette Compton in 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'
by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 17 October 1928
NPG x193444
by Paul Tanqueray
modern bromide print from original negative, 1928
NPG x88810
Tallulah Bankhead in 'Her Cardboard Lover'
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1928
NPG x7247
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x180036
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x180042
Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Balfour (née Hart-Davis)
by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 27 March 1929
NPG x193445
by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 27 November 1929
NPG x193446
Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1930
NPG x180050
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