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Call Number:

PH-02915

Collection Name:

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Borke y Ferriz

Clark, J. (John), 1820 or 1824 - , active 1860/1869 - 1880/1889

Cooper, W. G., active 1880

Disderi, Ladrey, active 1840 - 1896

Done & Ball, active 1880/1889 - 1890/1899

Elliott & Fry, active 1865 - 1908

Emberson, George, 1847 or 1874 - , active 1880/1889 - 1900/1909

Gawsworth, John, 1912 - 1970

Greenway Bros.

Lyon, C. C., active 1870/1879 - 1890/1899

Pinnock, C. A., active 1890/1899 - 1900/1909

Sanders, George L., active 1860 - 1869

Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865 - 1947

Soleil du Dimanche

Spoerl, Oscar

No. of Items:

38 photographs

Span Dates:

1870s-1931, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 38 images of or pertaining to writer M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel (British, 1865-1947), including portraits of his first wife Carolina "Lina" Garcia Gomez, their daughter Lola, his sisters-in-law Mica and Salva, and his illegitimate daughter Ada Phipps Seward. Also included are six cartes-de-visite of Shiel's acquaintances on whom he based various characters in his works (P28A-P28F).

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

P1-P30; 980:0049:0001; 997:0079:0002

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01522

Location(s):

Shiel, M.P., Lit File (P1-P30; 980:0049:0001; 997:0079:0002)
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M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Collection