George Thomas Doo
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George Thomas Doo

George Thomas Doo (January 6, 1800, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 - November 13, 1886, Sutton, London was an English engraver.

His teacher was Charles Heath
Charles Heath
Charles Theodosius Heath was an English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator.-Life and work:...

. In 1824 he published his first plate, after a portrait of the Duke of York by Thomas Lawrence. In 1925 he went to Paris and worked in the studio od Suisse.

In 1836 he was made Engraver in Ordinary to William IV, and later to Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

. Doo became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. He was made a Royal Academician in 1857.
Pictured is his well-known line-engraving The Combat after William Etty
William Etty
William Etty was an English painter, best known for his paintings of nudes.-Beginnings:In accordance with the wishes of his father, Etty served seven years of apprenticeship to a printer in Hull...

’s painting from 1849. He is also known for his engraving of "Knox preaching before the Lords of the Congregation," after Wilkie, his "Combat" after Etty, "Italian Pilgrims coming in sight of Rome" after Eastlake, the "Infant Christ" after Raphael and the "Ecce Homo" after Correggio. His engraving of the "Raising of Lazarus," by Sebastiano del Piombo (1864) took him eight years.
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