British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher (1872-1919)

The statue of Florence Nightingale in Waterloo Place, Westminster, with a veteran of the Crimean War and children. Drawing by John Byam Shaw.

An indignant bear jumping up in bed and knocking over a medicine bottle; representing a bearish patient. Drawing by John Byam Shaw.

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John Byam Liston Shaw

Images from the collections

Images by John Byam Liston Shaw

Works from the collections

The statue of Florence Nightingale in Waterloo Place, Westminster, with a veteran of the Crimean War and children. Drawing by John Byam Shaw.

An indignant bear jumping up in bed and knocking over a medicine bottle; representing a bearish patient. Drawing by John Byam Shaw.