George Baird Shaw b. 23 March 1812

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
In order to perfect his artistic skills George Baird Shaw was sent to the Academy of Fine Arts at Trieste, Italy. He was awarded the 5-guinea prize for the best South Australian oil landscape painting at the South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition in 1867.
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creator of
The Pets
 
creator of
The Bass Rock
 
creator of
Cavalier and Ladye
 
creator of
Macleay Heads and Trial Bay
 
creator of
On the Manning River
 
creator of
Harbour View, from Double Bay
 
creator of
The Silver Cord Loosed
 
creator of
Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill
 
creator of
Othello and Iago
 

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  • Shaw, Isabella (child of)
  • Barker, Frederick (Bishop) (associate of)
  • Cowper, William (Dean) (associate of)
  • Cooper, Daniel (Sir) (associate of)
  • Donaldson, Stewart (Sir) (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • [Royal] South Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (associate of)
Related people
  • Shaw, James (child of)
  • Shaw, James (sibling of)
Related works
  • The Pets (creator of)
  • The Bass Rock (creator of)
  • Cavalier and Ladye (creator of)
  • Macleay Heads and Trial Bay (creator of)
  • On the Manning River (creator of)
  • Harbour View, from Double Bay (creator of)
  • The Silver Cord Loosed (creator of)
  • Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill (creator of)
  • Othello and Iago (creator of)
Related collections
  • McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • To do the engravings for Lockhardt's Life of Scott (received)
  • To do illustrations for the Abbotsford edition of Sir Walter Scott's works (received)
  • South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • exhibition of the New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a2d4b538b73d93018777')) (exhibited at)