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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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Museum number: 1943,0410.2573 |
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Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.1718 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.2607 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.439 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.896 |
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Museum number: 1943,0410.1834 |
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print

Title: Thomas Gaynor. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.737 |
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print

Museum number: 1939,1014.39 |
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print; book-illustration

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Production date: 1886-1891

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2179 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: mid 19th century

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rev.d Thomas Evans |
Museum number: 1943,0410.581 |
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Production date: mid 19th century

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The late Mrs Bury Palliser |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1990 |
Producer name: BIOG217643 Block cut by:Edmund Hill |
Production date: 1878-1943

print

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

Museum number: 1924,0415.217 |
Producer name: After:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPrint made by:Frank Sternberg |
Production date: 1890-1909

print

Title: Samuel Clegg |
Museum number: 1943,0410.164 |
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Production date: 1840-1900

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.802 |
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Production date: mid 19th century

print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1056 |
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print

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Museum number: 1943,0410.2291 |
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Production date: 1870-1873

print

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

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rev. George Durant. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.510 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

print

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

print

Museum number: 1924,0415.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Richardson JacksonAfter:William Say |
Production date: 1839-1860s

print

Title: Fred Cox. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.273 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1860-1890

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.1144 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 19thC(early)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rev.d James Dixon. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.438 |
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Production date: 1832

print; frontispiece

Title: Joseph Brasbridge |
Museum number: 1939,1014.34 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1824

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2347 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 19th century

print; book-illustration

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Museum number: 1943,0410.1052 |
Producer name: BIOG50199 Print made by:Emery Walker |
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