George Thomas Doo, an English engraver and painter, born in the parish of Christchurch, Surrey, Jan. 6, 1800. He produced his first published engraving, " The Duke of York," after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in 1824. In 1825 he went to Paris and worked in the studio of Suisse, and studied the manner of Gros. Ho lectured on engraving at Kensington museum and Harrow, and also on ancient Greek painting, and on the revival of art in the 12th century. He was elected a fellow of the royal society in 1851, associate engraver of the royal academy in 1855, and a royal academician in 1856. He is best known by 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), occupied him eight years. In 1867 he exhibited " St. Augustine and Monica," after Ary Scheffer. Of late years he has engraved very little, and has devoted himself to painting portraits in oil.