William M.S. Doyle (1769 - 1828)

By descent of the Williams-Wadleigh families;

Mr. and Mrs. Major General Seth Williams (nee Janna Luce);

her daughter, Mrs. Wadleigh;

Roland Hammond, 1958;

Nina Fletcher and Betram Little, Massachusetts;

Sotheby's, The Bertram K. Little & Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Part III, October 21 - 22, 1994, Lot 803;

Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Auction, November 1-2, 1997, lot 530;

Stephen and Douglas, Connecticut Antiques Show, 1998.

Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;

Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 248, fig. 419-20.

Joseph Carroll was born in December 4, 1779 in Walpole, Massachusetts to parents Joseph Carrel (1755-1795) and Esther Pond (1759-1834). He was a merchant in Walpole and married Asenath Carpenter (1785-1862) on September 18, 1803; they had ten children between 1806 and 1825: Twins Joseph and Harriet, Anne, Sanford, Ester Pond, Edmond, Susan Carpenter, Julius, Francis Emily, and James Edson.

The back of the portrait is covered with wallpaper, since Doyle manufactured wallpaper from 1796-1798 before he made portraits.