William M. S. Doyle facts for kids
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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.
As an artist, Doyle created portraits of:
- John Adams
- Elijah Bigelow
- Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
- Anna Brewster Cleland, 1822
- Thomas Ivers Cleland, 1815
- Elijah Corey
- Lydia Gendell Dawes
- Nicolas Michel Faucon
- Samuel Foster
- Gottlieb Graupner, 1807
- Clarendon Harris
- John Hicks, 1806
- Benjamin Hurd, Jr.
- John Jones, c. 1815
- John May
- James Melledge, 1811
- William Porter
- Samuel Stockwell and Catherine Stockwell
- Caleb Strong
- James Sullivan
- Isaiah Thomas, 1805
- Rufus Webb
According to historian Charlotte Moore, Doyle's daughter, Margaret Byron Doyle, "also worked as an artist."
Gallery
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Advertisement for Wm. M.S. Doyle, 1808
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Silhouette portrait of Catholic priest John Cheverus, of the Holy Cross Church, Boston, 19th century
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Portrait of a woman, 1810 (Smithsonian)
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Portrait of Samuel Stockwell, 1810 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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Portrait of Massachusetts governor Caleb Strong, 1814; drawn by Doyle, engraved by I.R. Smith
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