English botanist and zoologist (1751–1813)

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George Shaw. Stipple engraving by J. Heath (?).

George Shaw. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823, after J. Russell.

George Shaw. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself after J. Russell.

George Shaw: portrait and view of the British Museum. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1803, after J. Russell and by E.W. Thomson.

George Shaw. Line engraving after J. Russell.

On the anatomy of the Apteryx Australis, Shaw / by Richard Owen.

The naturalists' miscellany, or, Coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature.

General zoology, or systematic natural history / By George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath.

Zoological lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1806 and 1807 / By George Shaw.

Cimelia physica. Figures of rare and curious quadrupeds, birds, etc. Together with several of the most elegant plants / Engraved ... by J.F. Miller. With descriptions by G. Shaw.

The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800 : abridged, with notes and biographical illustrations / by Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson.

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George Shaw

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General zoology, or systematic natural history / By George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath.

Zoological lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1806 and 1807 / By George Shaw.

Cimelia physica. Figures of rare and curious quadrupeds, birds, etc. Together with several of the most elegant plants / Engraved ... by J.F. Miller. With descriptions by G. Shaw.

The naturalists' miscellany, or, Coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature.

The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800 : abridged, with notes and biographical illustrations / by Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson.

George Shaw

Images by George Shaw

Images featuring George Shaw

Works

General zoology, or systematic natural history / By George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath.

Zoological lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1806 and 1807 / By George Shaw.

Cimelia physica. Figures of rare and curious quadrupeds, birds, etc. Together with several of the most elegant plants / Engraved ... by J.F. Miller. With descriptions by G. Shaw.

The naturalists' miscellany, or, Coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature.

The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800 : abridged, with notes and biographical illustrations / by Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson.

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