John Beugo
{{Short description|Scottish engraver and printmaker}}
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| birth_place = Edinburgh
| death_date = {{death date and age|1841|12|13|1759|05|07|df=y}}
| death_place = Edinburgh
| nationality = Scottish
| occupation = Engraver
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John Beugo (7 May 1759 – 13 December 1841) was a Scottish engraver and printmaker. His most famous work was the engraved version of Alexander Nasmyth's portrait of Robert Burns.Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland: The Grampian Society, 1871
Biography
File:John Beugo's grave, Greyfriars Kirkyard.jpg
Beugo was born in Edinburgh on 7 May 1759.
He was a prosperous reproductive engraver who made prints after the likes of Henry Raeburn, Joshua Reynolds and Alexander Nasmyth. He also made prints after the anatomical works of John Bell. Beugo became the teacher of engraver Robert Charles Bell. He was friends with and engraved portraits of the poet Robert Burns.{{cite web|url=http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/BeugoJohn1759-1841.88.shtml |title=Beugo, John (1759-1841) |publisher=robertburns.org |accessdate=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318011411/http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/BeugoJohn1759-1841.88.shtml |archivedate=18 March 2015 }} He published a book called "Poetry, Miscellaneous and Dramatic, by an Artist" in 1797.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/w/artist/george-willison/object/john-beugo-1759-1841-engraver-pg-102 |title=John Beugo |publisher=nationalgalleries.org |accessdate=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318011359/https://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/w/artist/george-willison/object/john-beugo-1759-1841-engraver-pg-102 |archivedate=18 March 2015 }} and The Cabinet or a Natural history of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes and Insects (1801) Gardiner, B. O. C. 1998: The Cabinet an apparently unrecorded natural history book. Archives of Natural History, London 25 (1): 131-132. Buego also made notes for the Commercial and the British Linen Banks.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpda.org/content/node/281 |title=John Beugo |publisher=International Fine Print Dealers Association |work=ifpda.org |accessdate=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318011400/http://www.ifpda.org/content/node/281 |archivedate=18 March 2015 }} He married Elizabeth McDowall in 1808 and together they had one daughter.
His address in 1832 is known to have been 54 South Bridge in the Old Town.{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83399787|title=Edinburgh Post Office Annual directory, 1832-33|work=National Library of Scotland|accessdate=15 April 2015}}
He died in Edinburgh on 13 December 1841 and was buried in Greyfriar's Churchyard. His grave lies to the south side of the church.
Gallery
File:William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh by John Beugo, published by Hugh Paton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck.jpg
File:('Sir') James Ramsay ('Black Ramsay') by John Beugo, after Sebastian Furck.jpg
File:Adam Ferguson by John Beugo, after Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg
File:John Napier. Stipple engraving by J. Beugo after Brown. Wellcome V0004219.jpg
File:Robert Burns by John Beugo, after Alexander Nasmyth.jpg
References
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Category:18th-century Scottish engravers
Category:19th-century Scottish engravers