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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), 1824- (b. 1820? - )

Cooper, W. G.

Disderi, Ladrey

Done & Ball

Elliott & Fry

Emberson, George (1874? - )

Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970 (1912 - 1970)

Greenway Bros.

Lyon, C. C., active 1870s-1890s

Pinnock, C. A.

Sanders, George L.

Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865-1947 (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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Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

John Gawsworth Literary File Photography Collection

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Collection