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James Tregaskis

Also known as: James Tregaskis; primary name: Tregaskis, James; other name: Hugh Frederick Beresford Tregaskis; other name: J & M L Tregaskis; other name: James Tregaskis & Son; other name: Mary Lee Bennett; other name: Messrs Tregaskis
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Life dates: 1850-1926
Other dates: 1889-1939 (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 (1850-1926). Born in Cornwall, he worked as printer in London until 1889 when he went to work in the bookshop of his wife, Mary Lee Bennett (1854?-1900) at 232 High Holborn, or "Caxton Head", which became 'J & M.L. Tregaskis'. In 1915 the Caxton Head moved to Great Russell St. Dealers in printed books and manuscripts, but branching into European and Japanese prints, drawings and metalwork on occasion. His son from his second marriage to Eveline Belwood Davis (1877-1948), Hugh Frederick Beresford (1905-1983) helped run the firm with his father and it became 'James Tregaskis & Son'. Hugh subsequently joined F.B. Daniell & Son, print dealers, in Cranbourne St.
Bibliography: Lawrence Worms, biography on-line at Antiquarian Bookselller Association dev.aba.org.uk

105 related objects

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

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: 1909,0406,0.467 |
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: 1909,0406,0.469 |
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: 1909,0406,0.470 |
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

drawing

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

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; print study

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

figure

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

figure

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

figure

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

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

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

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

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

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

painting; handscroll

Museum number: 1902,0617,0.28-30 |
Producer name: BIOG5159 Painted by:Hoen Taira Yoshiteru 芳園平吉輝 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1870s-80s |
Production place: Made 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; 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

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: x13719 Bunka Era |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

print; playing-card

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

print

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

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; 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

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

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: 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 (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

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

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

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: 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; 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

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

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

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

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

print; playing-card

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

print; bookplate

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

print; bookplate

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

print; book-illustration

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

print

Title: Keisei Osho-kun |
Museum number: 1904,0414,0.12 |
Producer name: Print artist:Torii 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; 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

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

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; 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; 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

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; 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

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

Title: Funya 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

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

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

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

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

print

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

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: 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

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

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

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: Awazu seiran Omi hakkei no uchi |
Museum number: 1912,0709,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG1708 Print artist:Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) |
Cultures/periods: x14601 Tenpo Era |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

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

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

sculpture

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

stamp

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

stamp

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

stamp

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

stamp

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

stamp

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

stamp

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

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