M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel, 1865-1947
Literary File, Photography Collection
38 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 M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary File consists of 38 images of or pertaining to Shiel, 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). An index at the end of this guide lists 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in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*All items are located at PH:LF:Shiel, M. P.
Item List
| Accession / P No. | Description |
| P1 | Carte-de-visite portrait of Shiel as a boy, circa 1870s; inscribed on recto: "M. P. Shiel, Montserrat" |
| P2 | Carte-de-visite portrait (very faded) of Shiel as a student; inscribed on recto: "M. P. Shiel, King's College, Strand" |
| P3 | Carte-de-visite portrait (heavily stained) of Shiel taken while he was a student teacher at Hunt Bridge House, Matlock; inscribed on recto: "M. P. Shiel, Hunt Bridge House, Matlock;" inscribed on verso: "with M. P. Shiel's compliments" |
| P4 | Carte-de-visite portrait of Shiel taken while he was a master at Hunt Bridge House, Matlock; inscribed on recto: "M. P. Shiel, Hunt Bridge House, Matlock;" inscribed on verso: "when a master, Hunt Bridge House School" |
| P5 | Bust portrait of Shiel, circa 1929 |
| P6 | Bust portrait of Shiel, 1929 |
| P7-P10 | Four similar snapshots of Shiel standing outdoors, Horsham, Sussex, 31 Aug. 1931 |
| P11 | Cabinet card portrait of "M. P. Shiel and Lina (during engagement!), Paris," circa 1898 |
| P12 | Carte-de-visite portrait of "Sal" [Shiel's sister?], inscribed on verso: "Sal, died BWI [illegible]" |
| P13 | Cabinet card childhood portrait of Lina (right), and her sisters Salva (left) and Mica (center) |
| P14 | Portrait of Lina (seated), and "Jeanne," posed outdoors in front of a trellis and a brick wall |
| P15 | Half-length cabinet card portrait of Lina, taken during her engagement to Shiel in Paris |
| P16 | Cabinet card portrait of Lina (left) and her sister, Salva (right) |
| P17 | Portrait of Lina (forefront) with small dog, her sister Mica (left), and their servant Louise (right) |
| P18 | Cabinet card portrait of Shiel's daughter (by his first wife), Lola Katherine Shiel as an infant, circa 1903 |
| P19 | Cabinet card portrait of "Lina & Lola at Keffel St.," circa 1903 |
| P20 | Cabinet card portrait of "Ada Phipps Seward, natural d. [i.e., daughter] of M. P. S.," as an infant; inscribed on verso by Ada's mother: "Your Valentine. Baby aged four months" |
| P21 | Cabinet card childhood portrait of "Ada Seward" standing on a chair |
| P22 | Snapshot of "Ada (Seward) Shiel" as a little girl, standing next to a dog seated on a table |
| P23 | Snapshot (very poor condition) of Shiel's sister-in-law, Mica, seated among a group of people in an artist's studio; inscribed on verso: "Mica in center" |
| P24 | Informal carte-de-visite portrait of Shiel's sister-in-law, Salva, seated on the edge of a boat drawn up at the water's edge; inscribed on verso: "Your loving sister, Salva" |
| P25 | Snapshot of Shiel's sister-in-law, Salva |
| P26 | Portrait of Shiel's sister-in-law, Salva (seated at right), and two unidentified women |
| P27 | Carte-de-visite portrait (torn in half) of "Max Friederichs, [a] teacher in Devon with M.P.S.," and an unidentified woman [his wife?] |
| P28A | Carte-de-visite portrait of Henry Dyett; inscribed on verso: "Henry Dyett, strong man," "Baron Kolar," uncle of Harry Dyett |
| P28B | Carte-de-visite portrait of Harry Dyett; inscribed on verso: "Harry Dyett, son of local preacher, got a girl to give him 12 kisses" |
| P28C | Carte-de-visite portrait of Paddy Burke; inscribed on verso: "Paddy Burke, son of local grocer, M.P.S. kind of adopted son to him, took MPS to a shop where won wheel, MPS deformed his toe with it, P.B.'s mother smacked his head with soap box, 'Mr. Shiels son' (see Children of Wind)" |
| P28D | Carte-de-visite portrait of Percy Trott; inscribed on verso: "Percy Trott, [illegible] beat with police, Plymouth. Montserrat. Shan fighting Police [in] White Wedding. The stranger [illegible]. Jack Hay in Weird o' It [illegible]" |
| P28E | Carte-de-visite full-length portrait (very faded and stained) of Dr. Cyril Horsford as a young boy; inscribed on verso: "Horsford" |
| P28F | Carte-de-visite half-length portrait of "Dr. Cyril Horsford" as a young man |
| P29 | Streetscape with a two-storey house; inscribed on the verso "Shiel's property in Plymouth, Montserrat, [illegible]" |
| P30A | Half-tone postcard of "Parliament St., (looking North) Plymouth, Montserrat, B.W.I." |
| P30B | Hand-colored photographic postcard of "Wesleyan Church. Montserrat. B.W.I. after the hurricane of 1928 and after restoration, 1929" |
| 980:0049:0001 | Snapshot (very faded) of Lina and three unidentified women standing on a beach |
| 997:0079:0002 | Photographic reproduction of a circa 1899 photographic portrait of W. T. Stead |
Index of Photographers
Borke y Ferriz--P13
Clark, J. (John)--P4
Cooper, W. G.--P3
Disderi, Ladrey--P11, P15
Done & Ball--P28F
Elliott and Fry--P5
Emberson, George, Jr.--P2
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970--P7-P10
Greenway Bros.--P20
Lyon, C. C.--P28A-28D
Pinnock, C. A.--P21
Sanders, George L.--P12
Soleil du Dimanche--P16
Spoerl, Oscar--P27
(Last modified: 13 June 2007)
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