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Wyle Cop, opposite St. Julian's Church, ultimately 

 removing to premises three doors away, now No. 82, of 

 which he became the owner, and which he occupied 

 until his death. Although not called away so much 

 as his brother Henry, he had a large business 

 connection throughout, and far beyond, the limits of 

 the County. He was a man with characteristics 

 peculiarly his own. Confident of his own ability, he 

 liked his customers to have confidence in him, and this, 

 it generally turned out, was not misplaced In his later 

 years he might invariably be met taking his constitutional 

 walk in the Quarry between nine and ten o'clock 

 in the morning. By those and they were many 

 who could see through his superficial manners, it 

 was found that they formed but a thin veneer con- 

 cealing a thoroughly genial and kindly disposition. 

 He was an art critic of no mean ability, and more than 

 one local artist owed his rise to fame to the discriminat- 

 ing taste of John Shaw. He never married, but his 

 conduct in private life engendered a love for him and a 

 grief at his loss known to but few outside his immediate 

 circle. His death took place in July 1888, at the age of 

 seventy-two. 



