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Watson: John, can you paint that one time I was in Cuba and a Shark took my leg?
Copley: Yeah.
W: Make it tasteful though, nothing crude or gory. Maybe hide my leg?
C: Sure.
W: You've seen a shark before right?
C: Uh... yea, totally.

[LATER}

C: Wait, where are my clothes?

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2019-09-24

Evening of 9th July 1553. A 'great banquet' was held in honour of the new Queen Jane.

Jane was also probably briefed and prepared for the following days events.

Painting by: John Singleton Copley 1807

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2019-07-10

Flashback:
On a day like today, American painter John Singleton Copley was born https://t.co/kVo6Sc5Mwd

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2019-07-04

Got to spend some time with John Singleton Copley at the on his birthday today!

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2019-07-04

Portrait of Benjamin Hallowell, by John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) https://t.co/gocxmNA3hg

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2019-07-03

"Watson and the Shark"ca. 1778
John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 182.1 x 229.7 cm
Based on a true account of 14-year old cabin boy, Brook Watson, who lost his leg due to a shark attack that occurred in Havana's harbor in 1749.

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2019-06-22

Watson and the Shark (1782) by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The rescue of a 14-yr-old English cabin boy, Brook Watson, from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba.

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2019-05-22

Seen from an Omnibus
lithograph by John Copley 1931 https://t.co/NMhokWq2pV

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2019-05-15

Watson and the Shark (1782) by John Singleton Copley (USA, 1738-1815). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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2019-04-21

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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2019-03-06

''Venus and cupid'' by John Singleton Copley (circa 1779), at

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2019-02-05

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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2018-08-26

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

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2018-07-28

It's To celebrate, come and see John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark" (1778) (or see one of Copley's other versions of the painting at and !) 🦈🌊

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2018-07-23

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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2018-07-04

🎂 
John Singleton Copley (3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815), American painter.

"Following a fashion set by Benjamin West and others, Copley began to paint historical pieces. His first foray into this genre was 'Watson and the Shark,' 1778."

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2018-07-03

🎂 
John Singleton Copley (3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815), American painter, "famous for his portrait paintings of wealthy and influential figures in colonial New England."

🎨 'Hugh Hall,' 1758.
🎨 'Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, c. 1763.
🎨 'Gulian Verplanck,' 1771.

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2018-07-04