Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley, 1782

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Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley, 1782

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Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley, 1782

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Watson and the Shark is an oil painting by the Anglo-American painter John Singleton Copley, depicting the rescue of the English boy Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1778)

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Dramatic rescue of 14-year-old orphan/cabin boy Brook Watson from shark attack in Havana Harbour ~ he survived, though with loss of a leg, and later became Lord Mayor of London, chairman of Lloyds and director of the Bank of England (JS Copley, 1778. MFA Boston)

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Happy from John Singleton Copley, the best shark painter in the world 🦈

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Watson, saved from shark, went on to live a long life (was Lord Mayor of London!) though absent a leg. His rescue painted in 1778 by John Singleton Copley, whose day is today.

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John Singleton Copley, artist, was born in 1738.

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This grisly scene caused a sensation when first exhibited (and made the artist a fortune through selling prints of its design.) It's one of those images that still holds power today in the gallery. Detail, Watson and the Shark, 1778.

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Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch by John Singleton Copley, 1800/1801

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mr.copley, the gravedigger! :-]

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Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley, 1778

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'Watson And The Shark' By John Singleton Copley, 1778 NGA, DC

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Copley, Portrait of Colonel Fitch and his Sisters

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John Singleton American artist born this day in 1738
Early pastellist.
'Midshipman Augustus Brine' 1782

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[명화산책] 존 코플리, 자매 Fitch sisters, John Singleton Copley, 1800 http://t.co/rEheUjOnVp

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[명화산책] The three youngest daughters of George III, John Singleton Copley, 1785 Windsor castle http://t.co/rEheUjOnVp

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