Portrait of a Young Lady with Gold Earring and Portrait Miniature; together with an American School, 19th century, Portrait Miniature of a Lady

Born in Boston, William M.S. Doyle worked there as a portrait, miniature, pastel and silhouette artist until his death in 1828. See Groce and Wallace, The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America: 1564-1860 (New Haven, 1957), p. 187.