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Quincy Adams Shaw (February 8, 1825 – June 12, 1908) was a Boston Brahmin investor and business magnate who was the first president of Calumet and Hecla Mining Company . Family and early life. Shaw came from a famous and moneyed Boston family.
Quincy Adams Shaw was a Brahmin who was born in West Boston. After youthful travels, he became a major donor of artwork to the MFA, a successful businessperson, and a notable philanthropist. Quincy Adams Shaw was born in Boston on February 8, 1825 to Robert Gould Shaw and Elizabeth Willard Parkman.
Quincy Adams Shaw named for his father's friend, John Quincy Adams, was a Boston merchant (Calumet & Hecla Copper Mines), philanthropist and art collector. Shaw's collection included Italian Renaissance sculptures, Japanese art and paintings, pastels and etchings by Jean François Millet.
Millet, The sheepshearer, 1852-1853, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton.
14. Apr. 2005 · Quincy Adams Shaw: Jamaica Plain Art Collector. If Francis Parkman (the only Jamaica Plain resident ever to be featured on a postage stamp) is nationally known because of his life’s work on the struggle of England and France in America, his cousin through his father, Quincy Adams Shaw, cannot be far behind.
Woman Reclining in a Landscape. Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875) about 1846–47. Medium/Technique Oil on canvas. Dimensions 18.8 x 33.3 cm (7 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.) Credit Line Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton. Accession Number17.1481.
15. Sept. 2021 · Before it was sold to the Seashore in 1959, Cedar Links belonged to its creator, Quincy Adams Shaw, a descendant of President John Adams.
