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large sums of money for the work done at those places. 

 Lord Hill appointed him curator to his collection at an 

 annual salary, and by this means Henry Shaw became 

 so famous as a taxidermist that orders flowed in to him 

 from all parts of the kingdom. The first " Short-toed 

 Lark " found in Britain was recognised by him and sent 

 up to Mr. Yarrell, who recorded it in his " History of 

 British Birds." He moved into his well-known shop at 

 45 High Street in 1870. Besides the collections named 

 above, Henry Shaw was mainly instrumental in arrang- 

 ing and mounting those belonging to Col. Wingfield, at 

 Onslow ; Earl Powis, at Powis Castle ; Mr. Naylor, at 

 Leighton Hall; the Duke of Westminster, at Eaton 

 Hall ; the Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey ; and 

 many others. This work at Welbeck was the last that 

 he lived to accomplish, for he died after only a few days' 

 illness October 7th, 1887, a hale, strong man, at 75 ; he 

 was a Hercules as a young man, and many tales are told 

 of his prowess as a fighter. Probably few other men 

 could say that they had had through their hands three 

 specimens of the rare, and now extinct, Bird the Great 

 Auk. His love of Sport continued to the end of his 

 life ; an expert salmon fisher, he rented part of the Wye 

 and caught a rare lot of fish there annually ; indeed, he 

 probably owed his death to exposure to cold while 

 salmon fishing at Builth, which brought on pleurisy. 

 His snow-white hair, big, powerful figure, and ruddy 

 countenance must yet linger in the memory of most 

 residents in Shrewsbury. 



John Shaw was a man of shorter stature and less robust 

 frame. On the dissolution of the partnership with his 

 brother he took a shop near the High Street end of the 



