George G. Pook

19th century

American (Boston, Massachussetts)

Naval architect George G. Pook drew the original drawing. Judges at a ship model contest noted Pook's ability as an artist when they commented that, "These plans, in their designs, correctness, execution, and neatness are not surpassed by any thing of their kind which the Committee have ever witnessed." 

"G.G.", as he signed his art, was the older brother of Boston-based naval architect Samuel Pook (1804-1878) who was most famous for the original design of USS Merrimack and the Civil War river ironclads affectionately known as "Pook's Turtles" due to their distinctive shape.

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Pook, George G. 19th century
U.S. Auxiliary Steam Frigate Merrimac
ca. 1856
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