James Doyle Jr. is such an artist . His daughter Sister Madeleine Doyle wrote about her father in the fall 1990 issue of Maryland Historical Magazine .Beyond that I have found very little. He worked at
The Baltimore Morning Herald in the early 1900's and in 1908 he became a member of the Baltimore News art staff where he learned about etching. Many of his bookplates were designed for friends family and newspaper colleagues.
His most famous bookplate was designed for H. L. Mencken.
It is printed in three sizes.
Warren Wilmer Brown (1884-1946) was on the staff of The Baltimore News
W.S. G. Galloway(N.D.-1948) was a purchasing agent for The B& O Railroad and an ardent yachtsman.
No Biographical information has been found.
No Biographical information has been found .
In his book he was cited as a friend and contributor by John Martin Hammond
"Richard D. Steuart (1880–1951) was a journalist in Baltimore, Maryland known as Carroll Dulaney, the name he used for his Day by Day column in the Baltimore News-Post. Steuart was also an historian focusing mainly on Maryland history and the role that Maryland played during the American Civil War. He maintained a vast collection of Civil war era firearms and assorted artifacts, many collected personally from the battlefields he visited. Most of his collection was donated to the Virginia Historical Society. His donation earned him and honorary membership in the society. His is the only non-Virginian to earn such a distinction"
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With your help a comprehensive checklist can be developed.
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James Doyle Jr. was my great-great grandfather. I have very little information about him and his life; I also, unfortunately, do not have any of his work to share. As of June 2022, I am still trying to piece together my Doyle family tree and the lives of my ancestors. I can tell you James was born in 1880 and died in 1952. He had 3 children, with Sarah Virginia Hodges (Oct. 3 1881 - Oct 9. 1974), I believe: Sister Mary Madeleine Doyle (born Gertrude A. Doyle)(Dec. 3 1904 - Apr. 18 2002), James Joseph Doyle III (my great grandfather)(Jun. 23, 1906 - Nov. 26, 2006), and Mary Frances (Doyle) Stull (Jan. 31 1910 - Dec. 27 2003). In 1990, Sister Madeleine published Early Twentieth Century Baltimore: Views By Newspaper Artist James Doyle. I recently purchased a copy of this book, and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. Thank you for sharing these bookplates!
- Meghan F.
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