Henry Shaw (antiquary)

Henry Shaw (1800–1873) was an English architectural draughtsman, engraver, illuminator, and antiquary.

In 1823 he published A Series of Details of Gothic Architecture, and in 1829, with plates drawn and engraved by himself, The History and Antiquities of the Chapel at Luton Park; the florid Gothic architecture of Luton Park was destroyed by fire in 1843.

Other antiquarian works were: He contributed papers to the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, including an 'Account of the Remains of a Tile Pavement recently found within the precincts of Chertsey Abbey, Surrey' (Proceedings, 1856, iii.

He edited in 1848 a reproduction of Walter Gidde's 'Booke of sundry Draughtes principally seruing for Glaziers, and not impertinent for Plasterers and Gardeners,' originally published in 1615.

He also designed or adapted, and drew on wood, the initial letters and all the decorative portions of Longman's edition of the New Testament, published in 1864.

Stained glass window of c.1340 in Tewkesbury Abbey Church , by Shaw.
Medieval chair from St Mary's Hall in Coventry , period Henry VI/Edward IV. Drawing by Shaw from Specimens of Ancient Furniture (1836).