Henry James, 1843-1916
Literary File, Photography Collection
53 items
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Mary Foster and Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The Henry James Literary File consists of 53 photographic prints. An index at the end of this guide lists identified photographers whose work is featured in this 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This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*Items are located at PH:LF:James, H., unless otherwise indicated.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| * | P1-P2 | Portraits of Henry James (P1: signed presentation to Miss Robins; P2: photogravure). |
| * | P3-P4, P6-P8, P11-P14, P15A-P15B, P17-P20, P22-P25, P27-P28, P31, P39, P42, P44, P46, P48 | Images used in H. Montgomery Hyde痴 biography of Henry James: Henry James at Home. London, 1969. Chiefly copy prints, some photographic reproductions of art. Includes a vintage portrait of Henry and William James, taken in 1901 (P15A). |
| * | P5, P9-P10, P16 | Photographic reproductions of painted and drawn portraits of Henry James by artists including John Singer Sargent and Max Beerbohm. |
| * | P21 | Portrait of Edith Wharton (copy print). |
| * | P26 | Portrait of A. C. Benson (copy print). |
| * | P29 | Photograph of an autograph letter, signed, from Henry James (copy print). |
| * | P30 | View of Lamb House, Rye, about 1910 (mounted photograph). |
| * | P32-P47 | Snapshots of Lamb House (primarily views of the exterior and the grounds). |
| * | P49 | Photographic reproduction of a halftone print: novelist E.F. Benson leaving Lamb House, circa 1930; manuscript description along the left side of the photograph on paper adhered to the back. |
| * | 997:0105:0626 | Copy print of P1. |
| PH:LF:OV Box, Large | P50 | Photographic reproduction of John Singer Sargent痴 1913 portrait of James, mounted on board; signed presentation from James to Mrs. Colefax. |
Index of Photographers
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1881-1966--P2
Elliott and Fry (Firm)--P1, 997:0105:0626
Haviland, H. J. (Heath John)--P30
Léon, Marie--P15A
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)--P7A-P7B
(Last modified: 11 February 2008)
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