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James Tregaskis

Also known as: James Tregaskis; primary name: Tregaskis, James; other name: J & M L Tregaskis; other name: James Tregaskis & Son; other name: Messrs Tregaskis
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Other dates: 1896-1936 (trading)
Address: 232 High Holborn, London, W.C. (1911) 66 Great Russell Street, WC1, 'at the sign of the Caxton Head' (1928)
Biography: Major London book dealer. Apparently started as Messrs Tregaskis (possibly in partnership with his brother, initials M L); later as James Tregaskis & Son. Dealers in printed books and manuscripts, but branching into European and Japanese prints, drawings and metalwork on occasion. James died in 1953.

104 related objects

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.470 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.469 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.467 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.466 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.468 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

diptych print

Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉 Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.471 |
Producer name: BIOG3661 Print artist:Kitao Masanobu (北尾政演 Santo Kyoden山東京伝) |
Production date: 1761-1816 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.290 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Drawn by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1898,1216.12 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan van der StraetFormerly attributed to:Jacopo Zucchi |
Production date: 1538-1605

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1940,1012.1 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1821

drawing

Museum number: 1905,1221.3 |
Producer name: BIOG39592 Drawn by:Isaak de Moucheron |
Production date: 1685-1744

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.1 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nepal

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.5 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.6 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.4 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1896,0309.2 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nepal

hanging scroll; painting; forgery

Museum number: 1925,1118,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG5638 Claimed to be by:Nishimura Shigenaga (西村重長) |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.32 |
Producer name: BIOG5809 School of/style of:Soga Shohaku (曾我蕭白) |
Production date: 18thC(late)-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.31 |
Producer name: BIOG5809 School of/style of:Soga Shohaku (曾我蕭白) |
Production date: 18thC(late)-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

hashira-e

Museum number: 1919,1111,0.3 |
Producer name: BIOG3277 Print artist:Isoda Koryusai (磯田湖龍齋) |
Production date: 1760-1780 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

lamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.7 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nepal

lamp-stand

Museum number: 1896,0309.11 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1925,1118,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG1789 Painted by:Totoya Hokkei (魚屋北渓) |
Cultures/periods: x13725 Bunsei Era |
Production date: 1825-1829 |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.34 |
Producer name: BIOG1070 Attributed to:Gan Tai (岸岱) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC(mid) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.33 |
Producer name: BIOG811 Painted by:Chobunsai Eishi (鳥文斎栄之) |
Cultures/periods: Kansei EraKyowa Era |
Production date: 1795-1818 |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

painting; handscroll

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.28-30 |
Producer name: BIOG1756 Painted by:Nishiyama Hoen (西山芳園) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1820s-1860s |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting

Museum number: 1914,0217,0.17 |
Producer name: BIOG2537 Painted by:Kan Densu (寒殿主) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

panel

Museum number: 1898,0216.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval

pentaptych print

Title: Seiro nikai no zu |
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.474.1-5 |
Producer name: BIOG3414 Print artist:Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print

Museum number: 1912,0116,0.4 |
Producer name: BIOG1708 Print artist:Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) |
Production date: 1832-1842 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,1221.23 |
Producer name: Published by:Henry BromePrint made by:F H Van Houe |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1904,0414,0.11 |
Producer name: BIOG6922 Print artist:Utagawa Toyoharu (歌川豊春) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1764-1814 |
Production place: Made in:Edo

print

Title: Battle prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.132 |
Producer name: BIOG147434 After:Feng Ning |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tsuten-kyo no momiji Kyoto meisho no uchi |
Museum number: 1912,0116,0.6 |
Producer name: BIOG1708 Print artist:Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print

Museum number: 1919,1111,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG3277 Print artist:Isoda Koryusai (磯田湖龍齋) |
Production date: 1770s |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print

Title: Sarumaru Dayu 猿丸太夫 Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki 百人一首姥がゑとき |
Museum number: 1920,0514,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG1820 Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) |
Cultures/periods: x14601 Tenpo Era |
Production date: 1830s(late) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1919,1111,0.4 |
Producer name: BIOG3078 Print artist:Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1919,1111,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG3066 Print artist:Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居清倍) |
Production date: 1706-1763 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print

Museum number: 1926,0412.7 |
Producer name: BIOG37714 Print made by:Cornelis Massijs |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: Battle prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.134 |
Producer name: BIOG147434 After:Feng Ning |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print

Museum number: 1926,0412.9 |
Producer name: BIOG28546 Print made by:Léonard Gaultier |
Production date: 1580

print; uki-e

Title: Aki no kuni Itsukushima Benzaiten sairei no zu 安芸国 Uki-e wakoku no keiseki 浮絵和国景跡 |
Museum number: 1919,1111,0.5 |
Producer name: BIOG6922 Print artist:Utagawa Toyoharu (歌川豊春) |
Production date: 1735-1814 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,0408.49.1-13 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,0408.48 |
Producer name: BIOG199831 Published by:M Le Moigne |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:France

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bunya no Asayasu 文屋朝康 Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki 百人一首姥がゑとき |
Museum number: 1920,0514,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG1820 Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) |
Cultures/periods: x14601 Tenpo Era |
Production date: 1830s(late) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1905,1019.213.1-52 |
Producer name: BIOG134784 Published by:Rock & Co |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Battle prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.133 |
Producer name: BIOG147434 After:Feng Ning |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print

Title: Battle Prints |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.125 |
Producer name: BIOG132266 Author:Qianlong Emperor 乾隆皇帝 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1778-1785 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print

Title: Hunan Campaign |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.129 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; book-illustration; book

Title: Das buch Granatapfel... |
Museum number: 1900,0214.7.1-6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans BaldungAfter:Hans Burgkmair the Elder |
Production date: 1511 |
Production place: Printed in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

print

Title: Battle prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.130 |
Producer name: BIOG147434 After:Feng Ning |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print

Title: St Paul Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: 1910,0418.3 |
Producer name: BIOG29528 Print made by:Urs Graf |
Production date: 1500-1530

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,0408.51 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1905,1019.214.1-55 |
Producer name: BIOG61303 After:Gregory King |
Production date: 1688

print

Title: Battle Prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.126 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,1221.24.1-97 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in:Italy

print

Museum number: 1912,0116,0.5 |
Producer name: BIOG1708 Print artist:Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) |
Production date: 1832-1842 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1911,1018.10 |
Producer name: BIOG37631 Print made by:Master of the Playing-Cards |
Production date: 1430-1450

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hunan Campaign |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.128 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1906,0723.36.1-51 |
Producer name: BIOG42282 After:Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:France

print

Title: Battle Prints Hunan Campaign |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.127 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; title-page

Museum number: 1923,0213.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Second East Turkestan Campaign |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.135-137 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1830 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print

Title: Battle Prints |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.124 |
Producer name: After:Giuseppe CastiglioneAfter:Jacques Philippe Le Bas |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1778-1785 1776 |
Production place: Made in:China

print

Title: The Six Crystal Rivers |
Museum number: 1912,1112,0.15 |
Producer name: Print artist:Kubo Shunman (窪俊満)Published by:Fushimiya Zenroku (伏見屋善六) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1787-1788 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

print

Museum number: 1904,0414,0.10 |
Producer name: BIOG3094 Print artist:Torii Kiyotada I (鳥居清忠) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1820-1850 |
Production place: Made in:Edo

print

Museum number: 1926,0412.8 |
Producer name: BIOG28546 Print made by:Léonard Gaultier |
Production date: 1575-1580

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1910,0418.2 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1484 |
Production place: Printed in:Augsburg

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1923,0213.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1912,0930.25 |
Producer name: BIOG196887 Print made by:Celia Levetus |
Production date: 1920s

print

Title: Battle prints (Hunan) |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.131 |
Producer name: BIOG147434 After:Feng Ning |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1798-1803 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1923,0213.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AndersonAfter:George Samuel |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1921,0809.2 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1450-1500

print

Title: Keisei Osho-kun |
Museum number: 1904,0414,0.12 |
Producer name: Print artist:Torii Kiyomine (Kiyomitsu II 二代目鳥居清満)Published by:Uemura Yohei (上村与兵衛) |
Production date: 1787-1868 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1912,0930.24 |
Producer name: BIOG196887 Print made by:Celia Levetus |
Production date: 1920s

print

Title: The Six Crystal Rivers |
Museum number: 1912,1112,0.14 |
Producer name: Print artist:Kubo Shunman (窪俊満)Published by:Fushimiya Zenroku (伏見屋善六) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1787-1788 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

print; satirical print

Title: Life of the Antichrist |
Museum number: 1910,0418.4 |
Producer name: BIOG28770 Print made by:Matthias Gerung |
Production date: 1544-1558

print

Title: Second East Turkestan Campaign |
Museum number: 1899,0420,0.138 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1830 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1903,0408.50.1-2 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Published in:France

sculpture

Museum number: 1896,0309.9 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.17 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.20 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.15 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:West Bengal

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.16 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.19 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

stamp

Museum number: 1896,0309.18 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

strigil

Museum number: 1896,0309.14 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

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