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.
Sylvia (née Hawkes), Lady Ashley
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, early 1930s
NPG x180082
Sylvia (née Hawkes), Lady Ashley
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1930
NPG x180081
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide postcard print, 1930
NPG x198152
by Paul Tanqueray, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1930s
NPG x199279
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1930s
NPG x180118
Mary Howe (née Curzon), Countess Howe
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1930
NPG x18602
Rose Greville (née Bingham), Countess of Warwick
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1930s
NPG x27283
Mary Howe (née Curzon), Countess Howe
by Paul Tanqueray
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1930
NPG x75776
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1930s
NPG x38233
Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Ashley), Countess Mountbatten of Burma
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print, 1931
NPG x21443
John Gielgud; Adele Dixon in 'The Good Companions'
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide print, 1931
NPG x17233
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1931
NPG x134471
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1931
NPG x180193
Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1931
NPG x7255
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