John Singleton Copley
Watson and the Shark
1778182.1 x 229.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated center left, inside boat: JSCopley.P.1778-
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 552
Provenance
Brook Watson (1735-1807), London and East Sheen, Surrey
bequeathed to Christ's Hospital, London
purchased 1963 by NGA
Other works by John Singleton Copley
Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)
c. 1764
c. 1764
Eleazer Tyng
1772
1772
Mrs. Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett)
1769
1769
Mrs. Metcalf Bowler
c. 1763
c. 1763
Baron Graham
1804
1804