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
whole-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180259
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180257
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180241
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180258
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180256
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1933
NPG x22344
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180275
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180276
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180277
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180278
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180279
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180274
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x180283
Samuel Dushkin; Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1934
NPG x25925
by Paul Tanqueray
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1935
NPG x131689
by Paul Tanqueray
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1935
NPG x131690
by Paul Tanqueray
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1935
NPG x131691
by Paul Tanqueray
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1935
NPG x131692
by Paul Tanqueray
resin contact print from original negative, 1937
NPG x44847a
by Paul Tanqueray
bromide fibre print from original negative, 1937
NPG x44847
Penelope Dudley-Ward in 'Victoria Regina'
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1937
NPG x27259
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180336
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180337
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180338
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180340
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180341
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180342
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180343
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180344
by Paul Tanqueray
cream-toned bromide print, 1938
NPG x136998
Dame Moura Lympany (née Mary Johnstone
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180414
Dame Moura Lympany (née Mary Johnstone
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x180415
Pamela Stanley (Lady Cunynghame) as Queen Victoria in 'Victoria Regina'
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1938
NPG x26563
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1940
NPG x18480
Vivien Leigh; Laurence Olivier
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180373
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180377
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180376
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate copy film negative, 1942
NPG x180375
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