WILLIAM M. S. DOYLE (1769-1828)

Eliza Ann B. Reed facing right in white dress with lace edge wearing pin and gold earrings, her brown hair upswept in tortoiseshell comb; together with a Gentleman, facing right in black coat, white waistcoat and filled cravat, also attributed to William M. S. Doyle

细节

WILLIAM M. S. DOYLE (1769-1828)
Doyle, William M. S.
Eliza Ann B. Reed facing right in white dress with lace edge wearing pin and gold earrings, her brown hair upswept in tortoiseshell comb; together with a Gentleman, facing right in black coat, white waistcoat and filled cravat, also attributed to William M. S. Doyle
signed l.l., Doyle and dated 1826
watercolor on ivory
2 x 2in. the first; 2 x 2in. the second
the first gilt-metal oval foliate-cut frame, with plaited hair in glazed foliate-cut framed oval above engraved inscription Eliza Ann B. Reed - Died Oct. 15th 1826 ae 17; the second oval rose-gold frame (2)

拍品专文

William M. S. Doyle (1769-1828) was born in and spent his career painting portraits, portrait miniatures and silhouettes in Boston and its vicinity. Doyle is also known to have worked with the miniaturist Henry Williams (see lot 145 and 147), (G and W, p. 187; and S and G, pp. 52-54).

Records of the Second Church of Christ in Abington, Massachusetts list an Eliza Reed, daughter of Phillip and Mary (Yewell) Reed baptized on 7 May 1809 along with siblings Jane and Phillip Reed. Eliza's age at her death in 1826 indicates that she was born in 1809. Accordingly the Eliza Reed from Abington, Massachusetts may be the same sitter illustrated here.