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Doyle, Richard (Richard Doyal)
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"Doyle, Richard (Richard Doyal)." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Doyle, Richard (Richard Doyal)." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3427600090.html "Doyle, Richard (Richard Doyal)." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3427600090.html |
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Doyle, Richard
Doyle, Richard (b London, Sept. 1824; d London, 10 Dec. 1883). British draughtsman, printmaker, and painter, the best-known member of a family of artists. He was one of the leading humorous illustrators of his time and he also painted fairy subjects, which had a great vogue in Victorian England. From 1843 to 1850 he was on the staff of Punch, for which among other things he designed the cover that was used for over a century, from 1849 to 1954. He left Punch because of the magazine's attacks on the papacy (he was a devout Catholic) and thereafter worked mainly as a book illustrator, particularly of children's stories. Among them was Ruskin's The King of the Golden River (1851), which he had written a decade earlier for the 12-year-old Effie Gray, whom he later married with unhappy consequences.
Doyle's father, the Irish-born John Doyle (1797–1868), was a failed portrait painter who became a successful political caricaturist. In addition to Richard, three other sons worked as artists, although with little distinction: James (1822–92), Henry (1827–92), and Charles (1832–93). Henry, who painted portraits and religious subjects, was director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1869 until his death. Charles, who was a civil servant most of his life and worked as an illustrator in his spare time, was the father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
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IAN CHILVERS. "Doyle, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Doyle, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DoyleRichard.html IAN CHILVERS. "Doyle, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DoyleRichard.html |
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Doyle, Richard
Doyle, Richard (1824–83), illustrator, designed the cover of Punch (with Mr Punch, Toby, and a margin of nymphs, goblins, and satyrs) that lasted from 1844 to 1956. He illustrated chiefly fairy stories, including Ruskin's The King of the Golden River (1851) and W. Allingham's In Fairyland (1870), and also some of Dickens's Christmas Books; and published books of annotated drawings, including The Foreign Tour of Brown, Jones and Robinson (1854), whose comic adventures he had depicted in Punch.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doyle, Richard." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doyle, Richard." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DoyleRichard.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Doyle, Richard." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DoyleRichard.html |
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Richard Doyle
Richard Doyle 1824-83, English caricaturist, water colorist, and illustrator. He was the son and pupil of John Doyle, a popular caricaturist. His Journal (British Mus.), a book of sketches done at the age 15, shows his extraordinary precocity. He worked on the staff of Punch (1843-50), and drew the famous cover design. Doyle illustrated some of Thackeray's works. |
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"Richard Doyle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Richard Doyle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Doyle-Ri.html "Richard Doyle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Doyle-Ri.html |
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