Doo

Doo, George Thomas (1800-1886), an English line engraver born in Surrey. He engraved for a time in London, and in 1825 went to Paris, where he studied under Suisse. In 1851 he became F.R.S., and an Academician in 1857. He has produced many well-known engravings from Correggio, Raffaelle. and others. Among the best are Nature, after Lawrence (1830); Knox Preaching, after Wilkie; Heads, after Lawrence; Italian Pilgrims in Sight of Borne, after Eastlake; and his last unfinished work. Raising of Lazarus, after Sebastian del Piombo (1864). He also painted in oils, chiefly portraits.