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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Alan TABOR Ltd. (calligraphers and illuminators) - Sir Joseph HALLSWORTH (1884-1974).

A spectacular original illuminated address presented to Sir Joseph Hallsworth

With two other related items (3)

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Alan TABOR Ltd. (of Manchester, England, calligraphers and illuminators). - Sir Joseph HALLSWORTH (1884-1974, Trade Union leader).

A spectacular original illuminated address presented to Sir Joseph Hallsworth, recording the resolution adopted at the ‘Annual Delegate Meeting’ of the U.S.D.A.W. ‘held in Bridlington on the 9th, 10th, and 11th April , 1950. Following the retirement of Sir Joseph, the Meeting wishes to place ‘on record its very high appreciation of the outstanding services rendered by him to’ the Union ‘as General Secretary from April 1916 to December. 1949. This meeting also pays tribute to the excellent work done by Sir Joseph in his long connection with the International Worker’s movements…’, dated April 1950, signed by John Birch (General Secretary) and Walter Padley (President).   

The text in blue, red and black ink, some initials gilt, some with illuminated backgrounds. The text surrounded by an exceptional polychrome border (14 3/8 x 9 3/8in; 365 x 238mm.) of stylized flowers and foliage, signed beneath the border at the lower left corner ‘Alan Tabor Ltd Manchester’. On board, window-mounted (18 ½ x 14in.; 470 x 356mm. overall) 

[With:] two other related items (a certificate on vellum recording the award of an M.A. to Hallsworth, and a second illuminated address presented to James W. Bennett for ’50 Years Continuous Service’, from 1902 to 1952 with the Manchester Co-Op.) (3) 

Sir Joseph Hallsworth was an important and influential figure in the Labour movement during the first half of the 20th century (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hallsworth).

“Alan Lansdown Tabor (1883–1957) began his career as a calligrapher at the age of fourteen, when he was apprenticed to an illuminator in King Street, Manchester. His early pieces show a remarkable artistic talent and around 1908 Tabor established his own calligraphy studio in St Ann’s Passage off St Ann’s Square. He later relocated to larger premises at 11 Albert Square, opposite the Town Hall, where he would eventually employ a team of up to ten people. Tabor’s business was sustained by the production of commercial calligraphy for local councils, commercial businesses and other organisations, both unique, hand-painted works and printed multiples. The business became a limited company in 1947, and was continued after Tabor’s death by his son, Alan Mckenzie Tabor, and daughter-in-law, Betty.” (https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/special-collections/guide-to-special-collections/a-to-z/collection/?match=Alan+Tabor+Calligraphy+Collection)

“Tabor, who was born in Bedminster, Somerset, established himself as a 'commercial and artistic designer' in Manchester in the early years of the 20th century (he first advertised in the Manchester Guardian in January 1908). He produced illuminated addresses and certificates from a studio in St Ann's Passage, moving to premises in Albert Square in around 1933. In 1937 he produced a loyal address from the City of Manchester upon the accession of George VI (Manchester Guardian, 4 March 1937, p. 13), and in 1943 he designed the scroll conferring the freedom of the city upon Winston Churchill. Tabor died on 28 September 1957.” (https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/22ccda8b-a37b-3a72-8e0a-069197debc52)

  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: various
  • Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
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  • Country: United States
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