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Joseph Ceci

Also known as: Joseph Ceci; primary name: Ceci, Joseph; other name: Ceci, Giuseppe E
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Life dates: 1885-1956
Biography: Enlisted in the army in 1901, first in the BM in 1910 as a labourer. Joined P&D in 1913 as a clerical officer, retired in 1945, after the return of the collection from Aberystwyth where he accompanied it during the War. During his BM career known as Giuseppe, and had a side-line as a wrestler. Specialised in portraits, and it was through him that the Breun ledgers came to the BM. See Hind's report to the Trustees dated 12 July 1945 which gives his biography and refers to his 'exuberant and generous personality'. In his retirement he opened a shop dealing in prints and drawings (under the name Joseph Ceci) in Tunbridge Wells, and gave or sold many works to the BM. Other works were acquired from his widow after his death.

92 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1924,0202.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21822 Drawn by:Antonio Campi |
Production date: 1547-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0805.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31352 Drawn by:H C Herries |
Production date: 1854

drawing

Museum number: 1952,1014.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1749-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1952,1014.3 |
Producer name: BIOG17596 Drawn by:Edward Argall |
Production date: 1682

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0627.3 |
Producer name: BIOG46464 Drawn by:William Froome Smallwood |
Production date: 1831

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1827

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1212.12 |
Producer name: BIOG36987 Drawn by:James Malton |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0225.1 |
Producer name: BIOG50838 Drawn by:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1934,0716.1 |
Producer name: BIOG40934 Drawn by:William Page |
Production date: 1794-1872

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.2 |
Producer name: BIOG18440 Drawn by:Thomas Barker of Bath |
Production date: 1769-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.8 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1815-1889

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0805.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Henry Hall PickersgillFormerly attributed to:Alexander, Baron von Humboldt |
Production date: 1831

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.6 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1860

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.5 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1860

drawing

Museum number: 1957,0731.11 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Thomas CarwithamFormerly attributed to:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1734

drawing

Museum number: 1952,1113.3 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1118.1 |
Producer name: BIOG49421 Drawn by:Cornelius Varley |
Production date: 1781-1873

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.10 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1856

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0207.2 |
Producer name: BIOG28960 Drawn by:Edmund Marriner Gill |
Production date: 1820-1894

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.6 |
Producer name: BIOG27519 Attributed to:A Ford |
Production date: 1877

drawing

Museum number: 1955,1011.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43593 Drawn by:William Blake Richmond |
Production date: 1842-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0805.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Hercules Brabazon BrabazonAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1821-1906

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0207.3 |
Producer name: BIOG28960 Drawn by:Edmund Marriner Gill |
Production date: 1843

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.4 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1855

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0722.3 |
Producer name: BIOG34530 Drawn by:Louis Lafitte |
Production date: 1785-1828

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42984 Drawn by:Abraham Rademaker |
Production date: 1690-1735

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0207.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John PartridgeFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1790-1872

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0805.4 |
Producer name: BIOG25141 Drawn by:Edward Julius Detmold |
Production date: 1883-1957

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.9 |
Producer name: BIOG46635 Drawn by:William Collingwood Smith |
Production date: 1846

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0305.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47856 Drawn by:James Swinburn |
Production date: 1805-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1212.11 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0405.3 |
Producer name: BIOG21493 Drawn by:Talbot Bury |
Production date: 1811-1877

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.7 |
Producer name: BIOG24451 Drawn by:Rev Edward Thomas Daniell |
Production date: 1804-1842

drawing; album

Museum number: 1949,1213.1-17 |
Producer name: BIOG23141 Drawn by:Maj-Gen James Pattison Cockburn |
Production date: 1817

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0813.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jacob Symonsz. PynasAttributed to:Jan Simonsz Pynas |
Production date: 1620-1649 1598-1631

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1212.13 |
Producer name: BIOG50755 Drawn by:William Frederick Wells |
Production date: 1764-1836

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0207.4 |
Producer name: BIOG28960 Drawn by:Edmund Marriner Gill |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0106.2 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1870

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0106.3 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1853

drawing

Museum number: 1955,1109.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24052 Drawn by:Ernest Crofts |
Production date: 1847-1911

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.4 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1849-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1950,0222.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31179 Drawn by:Charles Napier Hemy |
Production date: 1879

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.5 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1849-1914

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1954,0503.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0216.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1955,0211.2 |
Producer name: BIOG25140 Drawn by:Charles Maurice Detmold |
Production date: 1901

print

Title: Latimer. |
Museum number: 1914,0722.14 |
Producer name: BIOG50788 After:Adriaen van der Werff |
Production date: mid 19th century

print

Museum number: 1952,0805.7 |
Producer name: BIOG40302 Print made by:B J O Nordfeldt |
Production date: 1907-1927

print

Title: Pablo Casals, spielend |
Museum number: 1937,0719.21 |
Producer name: BIOG45448 Print made by:Ferdinand Schmutzer |
Production date: 1914

print

Museum number: 1925,0423.6 |
Producer name: BIOG223238 Print made by:Alexandre Legenisel |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Frau mit weisser Schürze |
Museum number: 1952,0805.10 |
Producer name: BIOG45448 Print made by:Ferdinand Schmutzer |
Production date: 1906

print

Title: Strand-on-the-Green |
Museum number: 1952,0805.9 |
Producer name: BIOG50536 Print made by:H George Webb |
Production date: 1920

print

Museum number: 1923,0502.3 |
Producer name: BIOG30936 Print made by:Samuel James Bouverie Haydon |
Production date: 1835-1891

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Catherine Countess of Desmond |
Museum number: 1914,0722.10 |
Producer name: BIOG36062 Print made by:John Lodge |
Production date: 1774

print

Museum number: 1930,1211.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Domenico TessariAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1750

print

Museum number: 1925,0423.10 |
Producer name: After:Eden Upton EddisPrint made by:James Posselwhite |
Production date: 1843-1870s

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1914,0722.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:W W AlaisAfter:B W Botham |
Production date: 1863

print

Museum number: 1914,0722.12 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1870

print

Title: Petrus van der Plass, apud Amstelo-Batavos, Polycleto maior, Statuarius |
Museum number: 1925,0731.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter Schenk IAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1680-1698 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: David Holt |
Museum number: 1925,0731.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IIAfter:Charles Allen Duval |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:Manchester (England)

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1914,0722.5.1-12 |
Producer name: Published by:H. LovettPublished by:Kershaw & Son |
Production date: mid 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Bognor Regis

print; book-illustration

Title: Brigadier Gen.l Monckton |
Museum number: 1914,0722.16 |
Producer name: BIOG218912 Print made by:Miller |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Flora at Play with Cupid |
Museum number: 1925,0423.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel AlkenAfter:Emma Crewe, Miss |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: General Sir Colin Campbell, G. C. B. |
Museum number: 1914,0722.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel John PoundAfter:John Jabez Edwin Mayall |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr John Reeve |
Museum number: 1925,0423.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:W SpryPublished by:W Spry |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; new year-card

Museum number: 1952,0805.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Arthur Wilde ParsonsPublished by:Raphael Tuck & Sons |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Prinnie dear |
Museum number: 1924,0930.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48370 Print made by:Percy Thomas |
Production date: 1871

print

Museum number: 1921,1210.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl Ernst HessAfter:Salomon Koninck |
Production date: 1783-1828

print

Title: Wedding Card |
Museum number: 1924,1204.4 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1889

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: In Vanity Fair |
Museum number: 1937,0914.2 |
Producer name: BIOG21017 Printed by:Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks |
Production date: 1890

print

Museum number: 1923,0502.2 |
Producer name: BIOG230991 Print made by:John Savile Lumley |
Production date: 1876

print

Museum number: 1923,0502.1 |
Producer name: BIOG209688 Print made by:T S Townsend |
Production date: 1881

print

Title: The Pilgrim |
Museum number: 1930,0119.1 |
Producer name: BIOG30742 Print made by:Alfred Hartley |
Production date: 1885-1890

print

Museum number: 1924,0531.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 19th century

print

Title: Sir Edward Carson |
Museum number: 1951,1231.3 |
Producer name: BIOG24684 Print made by:John Day |
Production date: 1914

print; satirical print

Title: Henry, the 8th,, and his Queen "out a Maying" |
Museum number: 1914,0722.4 |
Producer name: BIOG35251 Print made by:John Leech |
Production date: 1840s

print

Title: Key Plate to Messrs. Dickinson & Foster's Painting of Henley Regatta |
Museum number: 1952,0805.5 |
Producer name: BIOG21013 After:Henry Jermyn Brooks |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sofonisba Angosciola |
Museum number: 1925,0423.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HawksworthPublished by:Sherwood & Co |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1936,0106.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Pengree SherlockAfter:James Lonsdale |
Production date: 1833-1835 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: Key Plate to Messrs. Dickinson & Foster's Painting of Henley Regatta |
Museum number: 1952,0805.6 |
Producer name: BIOG21013 After:Henry Jermyn Brooks |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Louisa Jane Russell |
Museum number: 1914,0722.7 |
Producer name: After:Sir Francis ChantreyAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1936,0328.2 |
Producer name: BIOG50198 Print made by:Elizabeth Walker |
Production date: 1830-1850

print

Title: Rev.d Alexander Geddes. |
Museum number: 1914,0722.11 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770s-1802

print

Title: Sir Humphry Davy Bart |
Museum number: 1914,0722.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:R RoffeAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Museum number: 1925,0423.9 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1802-1874

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1925,0423.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1718 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Old Battersea Bridge |
Museum number: 1924,1204.3 |
Producer name: BIOG46158 Print made by:Sir Frank Short |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: Josef Kainz, Hofburgschauspieler |
Museum number: 1940,0315.1 |
Producer name: BIOG45448 Print made by:Ferdinand Schmutzer |
Production date: 1917

print

Title: David Holt |
Museum number: 1914,0722.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IIAfter:Charles Allen Duval |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:Manchester (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: David Livingstone, Esq.re. LL.D. |
Museum number: 1914,0722.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel John PoundAfter:John Jabez Edwin Mayall |
Production date: 1858