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Click here to subscribeLikely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (British 1905-1991), Agnes De Mille, silver gelatine photographic print, 1932, dated and titled on reverse, 40cm x 30cm.A similar image is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.Agnes De Mille (1905-1993) was an American legacy dancer and choreographer in New York during the early 20th century.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991) silver gelatine photographic print, Tallulah Bankhead, 1928, dated and titled on reverse, 51cm x 42cm.A similar image is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was an acclaimed American actress, excelled on stage and screen, notably winning awards in Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" (1944). She also enjoyed success in radio and TV, accumulating nearly 300 roles. Her achievements led to inductions into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991) Tallulah Bankhead, silver gelatine photographic print, 1928, dated and titled on reverse, 38cm x 28cm.Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was an acclaimed American actress, excelled on stage and screen, notably winning awards in Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" (1944). She also enjoyed success in radio and TV, accumulating nearly 300 roles. Her achievements led to inductions into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (British 1905-1991), silver gelatine photographic print - Anna May Wong, 1933, dated and inscribed on reverse, overall size 40cm by 30cm.Anna May Wong (1905-1961) is considered to be the first Chinese-American actress to become famous in Hollywood and receive internatioanl acclaim. She was a frequent model of Tanqueray's and similar portraits of the celebrated actress can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery in London.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (British 1905-1991), silver gelatine photographic print, Gertrude Lawrence,1932, dated and titled on reverse, 40cm x 30cm. A similar image is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952) was a famous English actress, comedian and dancer best known for her performances in the West End of London and in New York.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - A silver gelatine photographic print, Dancer, William Chappel, titled on reverse, 40cm x 30cm. William Chappell (1907 - 1994) was a British dancer, designer and director. He is most noted for his ballet designs for the early works of Sir Frederick Ashton and Dame Ninette de Valois.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Likely a reprint - Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991) Gertrude Lawrence, silver gelatine photographic print, 1933, dated and titled on reverse, 43cm x 33cm.A similar image is included in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952) was a famous English actress, comedian and dancer best known for her performances in the West End of London and in New York.This artwork is being sold on behalf of the Plymouth Art Cinema Archive.
Tribal art. An unusual and distinctive suite of carved, dug-out hardwood garden furniture, second half 20th c, bucket shaped chairs with grotesque beast arms and supports, comprising six chairs, round table 56cm h; 60cm diam and six stands (13) Shrinkage cracks and atmospheric pollutants from long term weathering in the grounds of the local country house
Books. Nine shelves of general stock, 20th-21st c, including Russell (Bertrand), Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits, first edition, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1948, original dustjacket over cloth boards, 8vo, mid-20th c and later Ladybird Books, some other children's, art and antique reference, textiles and needlework, literature, vintage and decorative bindings, etc
Folk Art. A Scottish Presbytery patchwork quilt, 19th c, in the manner of Welsh chapel work, centred by an eight-pointed star inscribed Robert Brown, Minister, between the verses of Psalm CXXXII and a pair of shaking hands: Behold how good and how/pleasant it is/for brethren/to dwell in unity, around which radiate further names and their roles within a kirk, including W.H. Hastings, Session Clerk, A. Turbull, Secretary, and W. Thompson, Treasurer, the red and white field with further names of the congregation, mostly families, including the surnames Brown, Hamilton, Frazer, Thompson, Turnbull, Archbold, Ferguson, Johnston, Waugh, Keith, and others, inscribed between borders of Scottish thistles, English roses and Irish shamrocks, triangular hem, 380 x 220cm Varying degrees of staining, at times pronounced. Some of the names faded or indistinct, but mostly legible.
‡ MAVIS BLACKBURN gouache - titled 'Vision', 21 x 28cms, and DAVID TINKER watercolours (2) - abstract works, 28 x 28cms and 26 x 26cms Provenance: private collection GwyneddAuctioneer's Notes: Tinker (1924-2000) former Keeper of Collections at Aberystwyth University and a founder member of the Welsh Art "56 Group" Comments: framed and glazed
Oriental Greek Coinage, SASANIAN, Kavad I (Second reign, 499-531), Drachms (4): art (Ardashir Khurra), yr 35, 4.12g/3h, ay (Susa), yr 38, 4.12g/4h, gd (Jayy), yr 35, 4.13g/3h, pr (Furat?), yr 38, 4.06g/3h (NMI –, 395, 463, –; Göbl III/2) [4]. Very fine or better, toned £100-£150 --- Provenance: Mark and Lottie Salton Collection
The Steeple Claydon Saxon Die Anglo-Saxon, 8th century, bronze ‘pressblech’ die, 37mm x 3mm, flat disc decorated in high relief, with an equal-armed cross with a plain central boss; surrounding this is an interlace strand which continues in the arms of the cross and around it, while the edge is beaded; in the angles of the cross are curved rectangular panels with interlace design; on the back are ten punched ring and dot motifs in a line. Very fine with a brown patina £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: found at Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, April 2021 (PAS SUR-DF4D6B) Pressblech dies were used to make thin foil decoration on brooches, military equipment, mounts and fittings during the early Medieval period. This was done either by pressing or striking the foil creating a fresh image. Several examples from the late 6th/7th century are recorded on the PAS database including LIN-490483. The intricate interlace pattern on this example is similar to the ornamentation found on Irish art of the 8th/9th century (see The Work of Angels no. 141, a decorative mount). Noonans also sold an 11th-century Urnes-style die in September this year.
The Sutton Scotney Iron Age Brooch Celtic, La Tene bronze horse harness brooch, 1st century BC, 71mm x 57mm; flat openwork lyre loop design with a decoration consisting of inscribed lines of curvilinear motifs with basket-hatching filling the field; conjoined petals within incised circles on each side, above in the centre are two circled tricornes; on the back is a catch plate and hinge with the remains of an iron pin, below in the centre is a rectangular bar for attachment. Good very fine with a smooth green patina £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: found at Sutton Scotney in Hampshire Only two brooches for a horse harness are recorded from the UK and these are both enamelled; they are cast in two pieces, with the brooch as the upper part combined with a hinged lower part (see PAS no. DENO-2BAD49; also plate 298 in Early Celtic Art by Jope).
SALMON, William - Palladio Londinensis; or, The London Art of Building. In Three Parts ... The whole illustrated with 54 copper plates, to which is annexed - The Builder's Dictionary : calf worn. 41 plates and tables inc. 8 folding two torn, three detached. 4to. 5th ed. 1755. * sold with all faults not subject to return.
INITIAL S. Anglers Diary and Tourist Fisherman's Gazetteer of the Rivers and Lakes of the World, org. paper covered boards, 8vo, Cox, 1911, With - Ephemera, A Handbook of Angling, org. cloth, 8vo, lightly creased title-page.Longmans. Fourth Ed, 1865, With - Stewart, W. C. The Practical Angler or the Art of Trout-Fishing, org. cloth, 8vo, seventh ed, 1877.(3)
MAGNUSSON, Magnus, The Icelandic Sagers, illustrated by Simon Noise, morocco backed pictorial boards, in slip case, 4to, Folio Society 1999, with BIGMORE, E.C., Whyman, C.W.H., Bibliography of Printing with Notes and Illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, stout 8vo, The Oak Knoll Press, 2001. *Originally published in 1880-86, with other art books.
DE PILES - The Art of Painting, and the Lives of the Painters, full gilt calf, extra gilt to the base of the spine, 1706, With - Lamott, Charles, An Essay Upon Poetry and Painting, full- page chipped at the extremities small 8vo, lacks all after title-page.1730, With two others relating to art galleries.(4)
JACKSON, John - A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, upwards of three hundred Illustrations engraved on wood, half morocco, re-backed, stout 4to, Charles Knight. 1839, With - Hamerton, Philip Gilbert - The Unknown River, 37 etched plates, org. decorative cloth, 4to, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday.1871, With - Haden, Seymour, About Etching, many plates inc. original etching, org. morocco backed cloth, sl. rubbed, 4to, Fine Art Society, 1879, With - Hubbard, E, Hesketh, On Making & Collecting Etchings, illust. org. buckram backed boards, 8vo, 1920, With one other (5).
FERGUSON, James - Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics With the Use of the Globes, The Art of Dialing ... (etc) : 23 folding plates. Plate 22 has been neatly cropped with loss, the supplement at the rear has a further 13 plates .8vo, Cont. sheep, morocco label, leather peeling in places, printed for W. Strahan, et al. second edition. 1770
1990s James Bond 007 Die Another Day film collection, generally excellent in good or better window boxes, with Paul's Model Art 1/18th scale Jaguar XKR No. 10012 and Nikko 1/16th scale Jaguar XKR radio control with control unit No. RDC-160124. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and untested. Viewing recommended. Qty 2
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