- Also known as
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J & W Vokins
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primary name: J & W Vokins
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other name: Vokins, Arthur
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other name: Vokins, John
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other name: Vokins, William
- Details
- organisation; dealer/auction house; British
- Other dates
- 1812-1910 (fl.)
- Address
- 5 Upper Rathbone Place, Fitzroy Square, London 1812-1826
5 John St, Oxford St 1828-1858, street renamed and numbered 1858/9
14 &16 Great Portland Street, London 1859-1896
3 Great Castle St 1849-1866
23 Baker Street, London (in 1887)
10 King St, Pall Mall 1894-1910
- Biography
- Fine art dealers and framers; John Vokins 1812-1836, sons John & William Vokins 1837-1910 (John Henry Vokins d. 1878 but business continued as J & W Vokins under William, Arthur and James Theodore). Carvers and gilders, picture framemakers, dealers in works of art.
At one time (late 19th C) the paper labels affixed to their frames read 'J & W Vokins/Carvers, Gilders etc/By Appointment to/HRH The Prince of Wales/14 & 16 Great Portland Street/London'; according to 'The Times' they were recorded as picture buyers from 1861 onwards (in reports of auction results).
- Bibliography
- Obituary [William Vokins], 'Athenaeum', 2 November 1895, p.615
NPG website, British picture framemakers, 1600-1950 - entry on John and John and William Vokins
