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Suckling & Co

Also known as: Suckling & Co; primary name: Suckling & Co
Details: unknown; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Other dates: 1913-1980 ca. (fl.)
Address: 13 Garrick Street, London WC2 (in 1940s) 13 Cecil Court, London
Biography: Dealers in prints and drawings, specialising in portraits. Founded by Samuel Suckling in 1889, inherited by his son George, who died in 1932. In the 1970s the firm was run by his son, also George. It was one of the last old-style print shops with piles of portfolios of portraits arranged alphabetically by sitter (see the photos by Richard Brown. It seemed that nothing had been added since World War II. The firm closed on his death, in about 1980.
Bibliography: Richard Brown & Stanley Brett, 'The London Bookshop', Pinner 1971, pp.80-85.

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drawing

Museum number: 1938,0504.1 |
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drawing; print study

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drawing; print study

Museum number: 1939,1104.6 |
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Production date: 1788

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1939,1104.3 |
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drawing

Museum number: 1938,0504.2 |
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drawing

Museum number: 1940,0525.1 |
Producer name: BIOG30945 Drawn by:Michael Angelo Hayes |
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drawing

Museum number: 1938,1104.2 |
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drawing

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drawing

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drawing

Museum number: 1939,0303.4 |
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drawing

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1221 |
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photographic print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.2540 |
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photographic print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1326 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Photographed by:Anonymous |
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photographic print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1578 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Photographed by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1876

photographic print

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photographic print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.772 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.1077 |
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print

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Museum number: 1939,0303.13 |
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print

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print; frontispiece

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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1911 |
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print

Title: Mr. John Pritchard, Preacher of the Gospel |
Museum number: 1943,0410.2158 |
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Production date: 1790s-1820s

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Title: Gurney Hoare April 1820 |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1049 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.2165 |
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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1805 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.1640 |
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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1792 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.2208 |
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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1079 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph BrownAfter:Henry Tanworth Wells |
Production date: 1882-1884

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.181 |
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print

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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1643 |
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Production date: 1884

print

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Production date: 1880-1914

print; photographic print

Title: The Rev. Stopford Booke, M.A. |
Museum number: 1939,1014.68 |
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print

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Museum number: 1939,1014.100 |
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Production date: 1890

print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.2604 |
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Production date: 1904

print

Title: Thomas Sharp, D.D. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.2423 |
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Production date: 1825

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.250 |
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print

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Production date: 1840-1860

print

Title: Rev.d William Aver. |
Museum number: 1939,0303.80 |
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Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.597 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick Christian LewisAfter:Sir William John Newton |
Production date: 1850

print

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Museum number: 1913,0611.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ScottAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1850-1913

print

Title: Tom Keats |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1277 |
Producer name: BIOG45956 After:Joseph Severn |
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print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1082 |
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print

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print

Title: Lady Levinge |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1445 |
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Production date: 1823-1871

print

Title: George Carter. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.88 |
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Production date: 1860-1890

print

Museum number: 1939,0717.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Minnie CormackAfter:Giovanni Bellini |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:F JenkinsAfter:Percy Bigland |
Production date: 1887-1943

print

Title: Robert Boyd LL,D. |
Museum number: 1939,0711.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas TrotterAfter:John Donaldson |
Production date: 1790s

print

Title: The Reverend Harry Farr Yeatman, L.L.B. |
Museum number: 1924,0415.238 |
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Production date: 1852

print

Title: David Denham. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WoolnothAfter:Thomas A Woolnoth |
Production date: early 19th century

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1007 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Lewis AtkinsonAfter:William Beetham |
Production date: 1832-1898

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2098 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:James Pardon |
Production date: 1800-1830

print

Title: J. C. Hook, R. A. |
Museum number: 1913,0611.113 |
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Production date: 1868-1913

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.384 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Eden WagstaffAfter:Henry William Pickersgill |
Production date: early 19th century

print

Title: William Patten |
Museum number: 1943,0410.2023 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac MillsPublished by:William Robinson |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1119 |
Producer name: Print made by:F JenkinsAfter:Edward Hughes |
Production date: 19thC(late)-20thC(early)

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry DaweAfter:Peter Paillou |
Production date: 1810-1840

print

Title: John Jortin Esqr |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1266 |
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Production date: 19thC(early)

print

Title: Revd. Matthew Simpson, D.D. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.2467 |
Producer name: BIOG18218 Print made by:H C Balding |
Production date: 1875

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walker & BoutallAfter:David Hains |
Production date: 1864-1943

print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1718 |
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Production date: 1850-1910

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1803 |
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