John Byam Shaw - Beauty and the Beast

Signed with monogram; pen and ink, 11½ × 8½ ins

Byam Shaw was one of the best of the second generation Pre-Raphaelites. He was a
painter, decorator, and a prolific illustrator. This drawing is typical of his highly
decorative style. The only book about Shaw is by R.V. Cole, The Art and Life of Byam
Shaw 1932.