Willie Ann Wright photographs of Sam Doyle
name: label: Creator
content: Wright, Willie Ann
label: Names
content: Doyle, Sam, 1906-1985
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: Self-taught artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Willie Ann Wright.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wright, Willie Ann
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Willie Ann Wright (1924-) is a photographer in Richmond, Virginia known for her pinhole and other lensless photography.

Thomas "Sam" Doyle (1906-1985) was an African American painter in Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Doyle was largely self-taught and is known for using discarded materials such as sheet metal, plywood, and house paint to depict the Gullah community of Saint Helena Island.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wrigwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4202 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection includes eight photographs of Sam Doyle, his paintings, and his home in Frogmore on St. Helena's Island, South Carolina, taken by Willie Anne Wright in April 1983.