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John Singleton Copley
Watson and the Shark

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2023-04-01

ART GOAL MET!

I saw the last of the 3 versions of one of my favorite paintings - Watson and the Shark (by John S. Copley). Last summer, I saw the original in DC and his replica in Boston, and now I've seen the third in Detroit, today!

Let's add the Jin version to make four!🤣🦈

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2023-03-25

Voy con John Singleton Copley..

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2023-03-11

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

John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)-'Watson and the shark'-oil on canvas-1778

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2023-02-23

💜🐿️ All JHope edits for Hobi Day - Post 7/15🐿️💜

Mrs Humphrey Devereux, John Singleton Copley (1771)
Nate's Smiley Face Painting, Nate Lowman (2010-2012)
No. 7, 1951, Mark Rothko
Untitled (Dancing Figures), Keith Haring (1992)

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2023-02-19

BTS is/in Art: WTF moments 😂

JN: Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley
JH: Judith Beheading Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi
JK: Dante and Virgil in Hell, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
JM/RM/JN: Samson's Youth, Leon Bonnat

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2023-01-29

Benjamin Franklin, born 1706, was friends with several parliamentarians. One, John Walsh, MP for was a keen scientist and shared his findings on the properties of electric eels with Franklin, for which the awarded him the Copley Gold Medal

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2023-01-17

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

A nice portrait I hadn't seen until now featuring one Captain Patrick Campbell, c. 1775, by John Singleton Copley. While not a wartime portrait, this gives a good indication of how British officers in the RevWar dressed, eg. not always yards of lace and gold tape.

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2022-12-31

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

"my eyes lie" by geec

"portrait of a lady" singleton copley (1771)

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2022-12-08

💜🐹All of my Jin Edits for JIN DAY! {13 of 14} 🐹💜

-Two Women at a Window, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1655)
-Untitled, 1967, Mark Rothko
-Untitled (Three Fish), Luis Chan (1983)
-Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley (1778)

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2022-12-04

💜BTS is/in Art – My Fav Jin Edits💜

We inhabit the corrosive littoral..., James Gleeson (1940)
- Still really proud of this edit. Maybe my fav ever.

Watson and the Shark, John S. Copley (1778)
- A painting I LOVE. Plus, I can hear Jin here perfectly!



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2022-11-27

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