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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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2023-03-04

Copley being like “Sure I could paint all the classic tropes but, to hell with it, I’m painting a shark attack in Havana”.
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John Singleton Copley, ‘Watson and the Shark’ (1778)

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2023-01-03

The Bowlers also owned an 11-acre country seat in nearby Portsmouth. As depicted by Copley, Mrs. Bowler presents a garland of painterly blooms that recall the variety of domestic and exotic plants grown in the estate’s renowned gardens and greenhouses

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2022-12-30

John Singleton Copley, Abigael Bromfield Rogers (Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers) (1753-1791), c. 1784 https://t.co/Rt9J6lmeC4

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2022-10-29

Day 18: when you have the script of but it's 1778 and has not yet been invented... John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark 🦈

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2022-10-18

John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), 1764 https://t.co/mEDiZZOBBg

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2022-09-24

John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), 1764 https://t.co/mEDiZZP9qO

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2022-09-22

John Singleton Copley, Studies for "Saul Reproved by Samuel for Not Obeying the Commandments of the Lord", 1797-1798 https://t.co/MzXbx6SJ7z

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2022-09-21

John Singleton Copley, The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778, 1779 https://t.co/QJ49hSpZrP

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2022-09-16

John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763 https://t.co/M7BgsJKbzj

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2022-09-14

John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Ascension", 1774 https://t.co/OlSA24pxWw

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2022-09-09

John Singleton Copley, Study for "Monmouth Before James II", 1782-1794 https://t.co/e3sb6Gm8rj

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2022-09-09

John Singleton Copley, Abigael Bromfield Rogers (Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers) (1753-1791), c. 1784 https://t.co/Rt9J6lmeC4

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2022-08-30

Obviously it's still getting things wrong, and I'm going through variations and picking the best, but a month ago you couldn't even get a person with just 1 nose and 2 eyes. Pretty alarmed at the rate of improvement. Here's Copley, and Rosa Bonheur. Zoom in on the brushstrokes.

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2022-08-23

John Singleton Copley, Study for "Monmouth Before James II", 1782-1794 https://t.co/e3sb6Gm8rj

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2022-08-20