The frontispiece is signed as painted by Sir Thos. Lawrence P.R.A. and engraved by H. Robinson.
It carries the publishers' imprint of Fisher, Son, & Co. London and the date (1834).
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, I (1994), no. 425, p.260.
M. Girouard, Windsor (1995); D. Linstrum, Jeffry Wyatville (1972).
Summary Note
This is an account of one of the most successful architects of the early 19th century, best known for his country house improvements and modifications to Windsor Castle.
The periodical, 'Fisher's National Portrait Gallery', from which this is an offprint, was published annually from 1830 to 1834.
Provenance
[First copy:] A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Mr & Mrs HamblyKnapp as Sr Jeffry Wyatvilles repress. request the President & Council of the Royal Academy to accept This Memoir For the use, of their Library 50 Brook Street 10th March 1840'.
[Second copy:] A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of The royal Academy Octr 29 1898 George Jones RA'.
Copy Note
[irst copy:] The frontispiece is inscribed in pencil, 'This was engraved by permission given to the Publishers. But not from the reduced copy of the portrait given by His Most Gracious Majesty to Sr. Jeffry in 1835'.
Binding Note
[Fist copy:] 19th-century brown morocco, upper and lower covers decorated with gilt borders, upper cover lettered 'Memoir Of Sir J. Wyatville.'
[Second copy:] 19th-century brown cloth, upper cover carrying black morocco label lettered 'Memoir Of Sir J. Wyatville'.