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DOYLE, James William Edmund (1822-1892). Autograph letter signed (“James Doyle”) to his father John Doyle (1797-1868), 18 March 1843.
3 pp. on 2 leaves, 4to, addressed on verso of last leaf, edge soiling and toning. Doyle writes to his father what life is like in the military barracks at Woolwich, describing and drawing (5 original vignettes) of the 7th Dragoon Guards on horseback and other scenes. James Doyle, uncle to Arthur Conan Doyle, was an illustrator and prolific historian (authored the great “Official Baronage of England” in 1886) and early in life executed a painting of Dr. Johnson reading the manuscript of the Vicar of Wakefield which was engraved and attained considerable popularity. His father, John Doyle, was also an illustrator of considerable repute. He was the founder of the school of British cartoon satirists (included the likes of John Tenniel and his son Richard Doyle) which established the style made famous by Punch magazine.