Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (7 April 1894 â 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand bookplate designer, artist and calligrapher.
Wiseman was born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, on 7 April 1894.
She attended Elam School of Art, and Seddon Memorial Technical College
Wiseman began her artistic career as a commercial artist at the Chandler and Company advertising firm. In 1925 she created her first linocut bookplate. She went on to design over 100 bookplates.
In 1930 she co-founded the Auckland Branch, New Zealand Ex Libris Society (NZELS), and started her own art studio, the Selwyn Studio, in 1931.
At the time of her death in 1982 the Auckland Historical Society received her bequest of the Selwyn Studio, and its contents.