William M. S. Doyle Explained
William Massey Stroud Doyle (1769–1828) was a portrait painter and museum proprietor in Boston, Massachusetts.
Portraits
He oversaw the Columbian Museum on Tremont Street in the early 19th century.[1] [2]
As an artist, Doyle created portraits of:
According to historian Charlotte Moore, Doyle's daughter, Margaret Byron Doyle, "also worked as an artist."[13]
See also
Further reading
- Alice Van Leer Carrick. Shades of our ancestors: American profiles and profilists. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. Google books
- Arthur Kern and Sybil Kern. The pastel portraits of William M.S. Doyle. The Clarion (American Folk Art Museum), 1988; p. 41-47
- C. Moore. "William Massey Stroud Doyle." In: Gerard C. Wertkin, ed. Encyclopedia of American folk art. Taylor & Francis, 2004; p. 139.
External links
Notes and References
- [Boston Directory]
- Boston medical and surgical journal, May 13, 1828
- William Dunlap. A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States, Volume 3. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & co., 1918. Google books
- http://www.masshist.org/library/abigail.cfm Massachusetts Historical Society
- Bolton. Wax portraits and silhouettes. Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1915
- http://www.mfa.org/collections MFA collections
- Samuel Foster participated in the Boston Tea Party participant and fought in the American Revolution. cf. Bolton. 1915; p.45
- http://americanart.si.edu/luce/object.cfm?key=338&artistmedia=0&subkey=229 Smithsonian
- http://via.lib.harvard.edu/via/deliver/fullRecordDisplay?_collection=via&inoID=60842 Harvard
- http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?420028 NYPL
- http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?420030 NYPL
- http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Portraits/isaiahthomasminis.htm American Antiquarian Soc.
- Encyclopedia of American folk art. 2004; p.139).
