This book was ghost-written for Joseph Mayer by his nephew, the journalist Frederick Boyle (see M. Gibson & S.M. Wright (ed.), Joseph Mayer of Liverpool, 1803-1886 (1988), p. 21). The first photograph is captioned, 'Thomas Dodd ... Modelled And Cut In Marble By Giovanni Fontana ...'; the second, 'William Upcott ... Modelled And Cut In Marble By Giovanni Fontana ...'; the third, 'George Stubbs, R.A. ... Modelled From The Drawing In Crayons By Ozias Humphrey, R.A., And Cut In Marble By Giovanni Fontana ...'.
The front pastedown is stamped, 'Bound By Stephen Amer 23 Bridge Street Birkenhead'.
References
M. Gibson and S.M. Wright, edd., Joseph Mayer of Liverpool, 1803-1886 (1988); S. Nicholson and M. Warhurst, Joseph Mayer 1803-1886 (1983).
Summary Note
The plates are photographs of portraits of Dodd, Upcott and Stubbs.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards; upper cover lettered 'Memoirs Of Thomas Dodd, William Upcott, And George Stubbs, R.A.'; spine lettered 'Memoirs Of George Stubbs R.A. And Others' and 'R.A.'
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