T. J. Wise (1859-1937)

The best known of late nineteenth-century forgers, Wise is now recognized as having carried on his activities in partnership with <H. Buxton Forman>. Their activities are largely discussed in the main note on <forgery> and, in greater detail, in the publication histories for <Leoni> and<Scythian Guest>. In the present note, some biographical details relevant to Ruskin scholarship is discussed; for more extensive biography, readers should consult (with care) Partington, <Forging Ahead> and its revised version, <Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth,> and (with greater confidence) Collins, <Two Forgers>.