John Gawsworth, 1912-1970
Literary File, Photography Collection
42 items
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Mary Alice Harper, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The John Gawsworth Literary File consists of 42 photographic prints, most of which are portraits of various people, including one of Gawsworth (also known as Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong), three of his friend and associate M. P. Shiel, and several of Shiel's family members as well as the heir to his cottage, Patrick Miller. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this literary file. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*All items are located at PH:LF:Gawsworth, J.
Item List
| Accession / P No. | Description |
| P1 | Photographic postcard bust portrait of Gawsworth wearing a hat; inscribed on verso: "Mrs. Palmer, as ever, 'Fytton,' 6 Nov. 32, alias John Gawsworth" |
| P2 | Bust portrait of Anthony M. Ludovici, signed and dated "19.12.28" by Ludovici |
| P3 | Cabinet card bust portrait of Matthew Arnold |
| P4-P5 | Two similar snapshots of M. P. Shiel standing outdoors, Horsham, Sussex, 31 Aug. 1931 |
| P6 | Cabinet card portrait of "Ada Phipps Nellie Seward," the illegitimate daughter of M. P. Shiel and Nellie Seward, as an infant |
| P7 | Carte-de-visite full-length portrait of "MPS's [i.e., M. P. Shiel's] sister Augusta (Gussie) [Shiel Horsford]" |
| P8 | Vignetted bust portrait of M. P. Shiel's niece, Kathleen; inscribed on verso: "Toujours à toi, Kathleen" |
| P9 | Vignetted bust portrait (small, faded) of "Salva, sister of MPS [i.e., M. P. Shiel's] first wife," Carolina Garcia Gomez |
| P10 | Portrait of "T. [Thomas] Patrick Miller, 9 1/2 mos. old," (son of M. P. Shiel's American friend Anne Marie Gross Miller and heir to Shiel's cottage) seated outdoors on a bench next to a toy horse |
| P11 | Snapshot of "Patrick Dunleigh Miller, 2 1/2 years, May 8, 1936," seated on a house stoop |
| P12 | Bust portrait (heavily stained) of "Patrick Miller, 4 years old" |
| P13 | Portrait (moderately stained) of "Thomas Patrick Miller, December, 1938" |
| P14 | Portrait of Patrick Miller seated indoors on a bench in front of a framed photograph of M. P. Shiel, circa 1938 |
| P15 | Full-length portrait of Walter Owen, Gawsworth's editor, seated outdoors on a bench; inscribed on mount recto: "Wishing you a Happy New Year, W. Owen;" inscribed on mount verso: "To His Gracious Majesty King Philip the First of Redonda" |
| P16 | Carte-de-visite half-length portrait of Annie Besant |
| P17 | Carte-de-visite three-quarter length portrait of Catherine Burke |
| P18 | Carte-de-visite vignetted portrait of C. P. Chambers |
| P19 | Snapshot of Edmund Blunden and (his?) dog "at Cleave's [School], Yalding, Kent, in the summer of 1931" |
| P20 | Bust portrait of Hamish Maclaren in uniform; inscribed on recto: "John, from Harry, March 1938" |
| P21 | Bust portrait of Hamish Maclaren in civilian clothes; inscribed on recto: "Hamish Maclaren & J.G. [illegible];" inscribed on verso: "John from Harry" |
| P22 | Bust portrait of Hamish Maclaren in civilian clothes (different image from P21); inscribed on recto: "at the demand of John Gawsworth Esq., signed Hamish Maclaren, 13.12.52;" inscribed on verso: "John [illegible] the object on the other side" |
| P23 | Cabinet card group portrait of Edgar Jepson (with dog) and seven other men, seated and standing on a pile of rubble, Barbados |
| P24 | News photograph of Douglas Hyde and an unidentified man, standing on the steps of a building, 1939 |
| P25 | Photographic postcard portrait of Kenneth Hare in uniform, signed on recto: "Yours ever, K. H." |
| P26 | Photographic reproduction of a painting of Romualdo Pantini. |
| P27 | Photographic postcard half-length portrait of "Romualdo Pantini [in uniform], Bologna, 1917" |
| P28 | Photographic postcard bust portrait of "Romualdo Pantini [in uniform], 1918" |
| P29 | Carte-de-visite portrait of an unidentified woman |
| P30 | Hand-colored carte-de-visite portrait of an unidentified woman |
| P31 | Portrait of an unidentified man, inscribed on verso: "A friend of Gaws" |
| P32 | Left profile bust portrait of an unidentified man |
| P33 | Group portrait of an unidentified wedding party |
| P34 | Snapshot of an unidentified woman lying in the grass |
| P35 | Snapshot of an unidentified couple |
| P36 | Snapshot of an unidentified family (a man, a woman, and two small children), seated outdoors by a stone wall |
| P37 | Snapshot of a tabby cat lying in the grass |
| P38 | Photograph of a paint horse, 1938 |
| P39 | Photographic reproduction of a streetscape painting by David Tirdle, 1954; inscribed on verso: "To John G. [i.e., Gawsworth], who knows this place. David" |
| P40 | Photographic postcard of a painting of a pirate; inscribed on recto: "To John Gawsworth from E. H. Visiak" |
| P41 | Right three-quarter profile bust portrait of M. P. Shiel; inscribed on recto: "F. A. from M. P. Shiel" |
| 999:0036:0001 | Halftone reproduction of an inscribed drawing by Helen M. G. Wilson of F. Britten Austin |
Index of Photographers
Bell, Lionel R.--P39
Berkeley Studios--P14
Chapple--P7
Elliott and Fry--P3
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970--P4-P5, P19
Greenway Bros.--P6
Irish Times, Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)--P24
Le Dernier Cri--P22
Leo, J. V. S.--P10
Loeser, Frederick--P13
Lyon, C. C.--P17, P30
Rees, Pitcher & Co.--P29
Swaine, F. A.--P2
(Last modified: 24 September 2007)
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