Thomas James Wise was an English book
collector and biographer who became known for literary forgeries and stolen
documents that were resold or authenticated by him. The collection of 163 items,
which include photographic portraits of Wise and various other people, negatives
of
correspondence to and from him and of articles on literary forgeries, and lantern
slides of frontispieces and portraits.
Call Number:
Photography Collection
PH-002636
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours
advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. To make
an
appointment or to reserve photography materials, please contact the Center's staff
at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
Internal transfer
Processed by:
Susan McClellan, 2006, and Sarah Sauri and Kait Dorsky, 2016
The collection consists of 163 items by and related to the English book collector
and
biographer Thomas James Wise. Included are portraits of Wise and various other
people, such as Joseph Conrad, Harry Buxton Forman, Herbert E. Gorfin, Edmund
Gosse,
Thomas Hardy, Clement King Shorter, and James Patterson Smart. There are also
negatives of correspondence to and from Wise and of articles on literary forgeries
from the Symington Collection at Rutgers University, and lantern slides of
frontispieces and portraits. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers
whose work is featured in this file.
This file forms a part of the Literary Files photography collection, which is
comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers
of
literary figures and businesses, and generally include portraits and images taken
or
collected by and/or of those people and businesses.
Related Material
Additional materials by and about Wise can be found in the Ransom Center's Thomas
James Wise Collection and Thomas James Wise Art Collection.
