George Thomas Doo (6 January 1800 – 13 November 1886) was an English engraver.

Life

Doo was born near Christ Church in

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, London. His teacher was

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. He went to Paris in 1825. There he studied in the ''atelier'' of Suisse, and also attended the school of Gros, according to

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; the ''

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'' suggests his study under Charles-Alexandre Suisse might have been later. He acquired the techniques of drawing from the life, and passed them on to pupils in England. He took on William Duffield as a non-paying pupil, and

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was an apprentice. Another pupil was Thomas Leeming Grundy. In 1836 Doo was made ''Engraver in Ordinary'' to

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, and later to

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. At this period he worked for Francis Moon. Doo became a

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in 1851. He was made a Royal Academician in 1857. Doo died in Sutton, Surrey.

Works

In 1824 he published his first plate, after a portrait of

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Doo's more well-known works include his 1848 line-engraving '' The Combat'' after

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's painting from 1825. He is also known for his engraving of "Knox preaching before the Lords of the Congregation" after

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, "Italian Pilgrims coming in sight of Rome" after Eastlake, the "Infant Christ" after Raphael and the "Ecce Homo" after Correggio. His 1864 engraving of the "Raising of Lazarus" by

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took him eight years.

References

Royal Society profile

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doo, George Thomas 1800 births 1886 deaths People from Surrey English engravers Fellows of the Royal Society Royal Academicians