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His portraits, which are very numerous, are drawn with the pencil, ana a little tint used. They are frequently in profile, cor- rect, but hard. His compositions were in water-colours, and though weak, were much esteemed. He painted ' Rosalind ' for the Shakespeare Gallery. His portrait-group of Miss Farren and Mr. King, in charac- ter, is engraved, as are some other of his works.

DOYLE, John, caricaturist (known as ' H. B.'). Was born of a respectable family in Dublin, 1797. Fond of art, he became a student in the Dublin Society's Schools. He soon gained notice as a portrait painter, and about 1822 came to London, ana between 1825-35 occasionally exhibited a portrait at the Academy, but from the difficulty which he experienced in making a connection as a portrait painter, he was led to lithograph and publish likenesses of some of the most prominent of the public characters of the day. They became pop- ular, and gaining thus a power of seizing with his pencil the prominent peculiarities of face and action, he was led to caricature. His drawing was stiff and formal, wanting in vigour and abandon. His subjects were political, always treated with a gentlemanly feeling of propriety, never descending to any approach to vulgarity. He was, for the eventful period from 1829 to 1840, re- cognised as the caricaturist of the day, the events of which he doubtless in some way influenced by his graphic comments. He died January 2. 1868, aged 70.

DRAKE, Nathan, portrait painter. He was son of a vicar of the Cathedral at York, in which city and at Lincoln he chiefly practised. He exhibited with the Society of Artists, of which he was a mem- ber, between 1760-80. and among his con- tributions were — ' A Family in little/ views of Seats in Yorkshire, subjects from Thomson's ' Seasons/ a 'Madonna and Child.' He published in 1751, a ' View of the Town of Boston/ engraved by Muller.

DRAPENTIERE, John, engraver. Supposed to have been born in France. He resided in London towards the end of the 17th century, and practised as an en- graver. There are some neatly engraved portraits and frontispieces by him, but they are badly drawn. He also etched some portraits, one of which is dated 1691. A satirical print of a lady shaving a gentleman is also his work.

DRAX, Miss, subject painter. Made some drawings and designs in the last quarter of the 18th century. One of her designs is engraved by Tomkins, and printed in colours.

DROESHOUT, John, \ engravers.

DROESHOUT, Mabtin, J They re- sided in London about the middle of the 17th century, and were employed by 130

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the booksellers, chiefly upon portraits and frontispieces, which have little merit, though the well-known portrait of Shake- speare by Martin is probably an authentic likeness.

DRUELL, John, architect. Brought up to the Church. He was the joint architect of All Souls College, Oxford, commenced in 1437, and was employed as surveyor and architect by Archbishop Chicheley. He afterwards became arch- deacon of Exeter.

DRUMMOND, James, R.S.A., subject and history painter. Was born in Edin- burgh in 1816, and was a student of the School of Design there under Sir William Allan. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1846, and a full member in 1852, while in 1857 he became Librarian. His pictures. 'The Porteous Mob ' and ' Montrose on iris wav to Execution/ are now in the Scottish National Gallery, of which Gallery he was elected principal curator in 1868. He was very fond of Scotch antiquities, and his studies in this direction are very evident in his pictures. He was an active member of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland. He was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London, the last time being in 1865, when he sent ' Claverhouse and the Duke of Gordon.' Two of his paintings, ' Peace' and * War/ are the pro- perty of the Queen. He died m Edinburgh, after a long illness, August 12, 1877.

DRUMMOND, Samuel, A.R. A., por- trait and history painter. He was born in London, December 25, 1763. His father fought for the Pretender in 1745, and was for some time obliged to leave England* The son, at the age of 14, ran off to sea, and was in the service for six or seven years. Then, having fostered some love of art, he determined to try painting. He first drew portraits in chalk, afterwards in oil, but without having had any instruction. Gaining some facility, he was engaged to draw tor the 'European Magazine/ on which he was employed for several years. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1791. In 1793 he sent two sea-views, with some portraits; in 18)1, 'The Woodman;' in 1804, ' The Drunken Seaman Ashore' and 'Crazy Jane.' These works gained him some repute, and in 1808 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and was afterwards appointed curator of the paint- ing school. He painted a ' Battle of Tra- falgar' and a 'Death of Nelson/ which were engraved; and on a large canvas, ' Admiral Duncan receiving the Sword ol the Dutch Admiral De Winter/ a com- mission from the directors of the British Institution, who presented it to Greenwich Hospital. He continued to exhibit both at the Academy and the British Institu-