William Shayer - Artist
Also known as William Joseph Shayer
William Shayer (1787–1879) was an English landscape painter and figure painter who became prominent during the Victorian era.A self-taught artist, who
began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs. He moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing heraldic
painting. Ultimately, he began painting oil on canvas and became skilled at portraying woodland scenes with gypsies, people and animals in front of country
inns and farm houses, and beach scenes crowded with boats and fishermen.... See more... See more