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Born on this day in 1738, in Boston, John Singleton Copley. Painter of portraits and the occasional history scene. Here by himself around 1780, looking v. dashing in an 18th-century kind of way.

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in 1738, John Singleton Copley was born. He painted the Gallery's largest painting (one of the largest anywhere!), The Siege of Gibraltar, which hangs at the far end of the art gallery. Read more about this huge painting and its creation history: https://t.co/SoKYM4eyqp.

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2020-07-03

Born John Singleton Copley RA American renowned for painting portraits of colonial American & English luminaries particularly middle-class figures Portraits innovated by including artifacts reflecting his subject’s lives Produced...

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2020-07-03

John Singleton Copley.1738-1815. Watson and the Shark.1778. (Depicts the Rescue of Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana,Cuba). National Gallery of Art,Washington D.C.

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2020-06-23

Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley, 1782

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2020-06-08

Today On 4th May 1799 Tipu Sultan was killed at Srirangapatnam, thus bringing to an end of the 4th Mysore war. The EIC soldiers looted all the jewellery of Tipu.

This final assault happened under the command of Lt. Gen. George Harris.

(Last Moment of Tipu by Henry Singleton)

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2020-05-04

Born in 1776: of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, daughter of King

Portrait with her sisters Sophia (1777-1848) & Amelia (1783-1810) by (1738-1815), 1785

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THE SINGLETON ROBOT: FULLY 3D PRINTED IN SLA　https://t.co/iUyLoRXHRe
Gentle Giant StudiosとGrey Boxによるスタチュー。

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2020-04-15

デレマスショートストーリーまとめ本
社團：緑茶コンボ
https://t.co/Szg2HOZtww

カランコエ
社團：満身創痍
https://t.co/uRiDUqTE5B
店鋪限定販售

夢と特異点
社團：いもむや本舗 - Singleton
https://t.co/xOHTENj3nj

BLESSING Vol.2
社團：あげもみじ
https://t.co/DWWKmj1fov

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2020-04-14

John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris), 1773.

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2020-04-03

If you're a fan of singleton decks, we've got you covered. has prepared five Highlander theorycrafts for Ashes of Outland (Demon Hunter, Druid, Hunter, Mage and Warlock). Check them out here: https://t.co/0M3bHE9JkF

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2020-04-01

Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley, 1782

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2020-03-27

Henry Fuseli- 'Ariel'- circa 1800-1810
Henry Singleton - 'Ariel on a Bat's Back' - 1819
Joseph Severn - 'Ariel Riding on a Bat'- 1830
H.C. Selous - 'Ariel: on the Bat's Back I Do Fly' - 1870

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Watson and the Shark, 1778 by John Singleton Copley

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2020-03-04

RJ, please share some particular examples of Brian's work that you consider make his work 'probably more fiction than science'. Here are two examples. Without invoking Bell et al, skin paper, (a singleton, problematic paper in the field), what which parts are fiction?

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2020-03-02

Brook Watson's teenage encounter with the shark was the subject of John Singleton Copley's Watson and the Shark (image: National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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2020-02-29