Musée No:286.047 gold He drew inspiration from the

He drew inspiration from the paintings of the Dutch artist Vermeer

He died in Paris on Valentines day 1876

He was best known as a painter of flower fields

Israëls visited Paris

Thayer first became involved in military camouflage in 1898 and made several proposals to the military for camouflaging warships

Musée No:286.047 gold He drew inspiration from theThe Naturalist's Miscellany Artist: George Shaw Date: 1789 1813 George Kearsley Shaw (1751 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.