On 13th November 1872 John Byam Liston Shaw was born in Madras aka Chennai, India. The son of John Shaw, registrar of the High Court at Madras, and his wife, Sophia Alicia Byam Gunthorpe.
In 1878 John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 5], with his family returned to England and lived at 103 Holland Row.
1894. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 21]. "Slent Noon".
1896. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 23]. "Jezebel". The painting, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896, originally depicted Jezebel nude, flanked by her hand-maidens. The model was Rachel Lee, a close friend of Byam Shaw. Unable to sell the painting, he later reworked it so that the central figure was shown clothed.
1897. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 24]. "Love's Baubles".
In 1899 John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 26] and Evelyn Caroline Eunice Pyke-Nott [aged 28] were married.
1901. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 28]. "Such is Life".
1901. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 28]. "The Boer War". The subtitle for this painting referring to the Second Boer War (1899–1902) is 'Last summer green things were greener, brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer', from Christina Rossetti's poem "A Bird Song".
1903. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 30]. "The Fool Who Would Please Every Man".
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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1903-1904. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 30]. "The Prodigal's Return".
1904. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 31]. "Margaret Nettlefold before Her Dining Room at Winterbourne".
1911. John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 38]. "The Woman, the Man and the Serpent".
On 26th January 1919 John Byam Liston Shaw [aged 46] died.
On 16th January 1960 [his former wife] Evelyn Caroline Eunice Pyke-Nott [aged 89] died.