Huntingdon Shaw

Huntington Shaw, statue on the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Huntington or Huntingdon Shaw (1660–1710)[1] was an English blacksmith, born in Nottingham.

Shaw was born on 26 June 1660, to John and Sarah Shaw.[2] He worked after the Glorious Revolution at Hampton Court Palace with Jean Tijou, who was making wrought iron gates and screens for the garden. Later, in the 19th century, Shaw was given credit for this work; but it was then shown that the attribution was based on a late church inscription.[3] At the end of the 17th century Shaw was living in Westminster.[2] He is buried at St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton.[4][5]

Screen at Hampton Court

Notes

  1. ^ "Huntington Shaw : London Remembers, Aiming to capture all memorials in London". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Rice, R. Garraway. "The archaeological journal". Internet Archive. pp. 160–1. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ^ Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1900). "A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500–1800". Internet Archive. p. 291. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ^ Page, William, ed. (1911). "Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton". A History of the County of Middlesex. Vol. 2. London. pp. 380–386 – via British History Online.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Speel, Bob. "Hampton Church (St Mary's, Hampton) - Monuments". The Second Website of Bob Speel.