Lot 49: WILLIAM M.S. DOYLE (1769-1825)

WILLIAM M.S. DOYLE (1769-1825) A CHILD SEATED IN BAMBOO CHAIR, DATED 1825 Signed and dated Doyle, 1825 , l.r. In what appears to be the original frame. pastel on paper laid down on canvas 30 in. by 24 in.

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1968, The Whitney Museum of American Art; New York
Sotheby's New York, Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art, January 1999, Sale 7253. Lot 267

According to Arthur B. and Sybil Kern in The Clarion, (Fall 1988), William Massey Strode Doyle of Boston (1769-1828) was a painter of sillouettes, miniatures and pastels. He was a manufacturer of paper hangings in 1795-1796. In 1803 he was painting miniatures at the Columbian Museum on Tremont Street when it was destroyed by fire. The new museum opened on May 19, 1803 on Milk Street of which Doyle was a part owner with Daniel Bowen. In January 1807 "The New and Elegant Building" was destroyed by fire. Another new building was opened on June 2, 1807 where Doyle continued to work through 1827.