John Singleton Copley

Watson and the Shark



John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark



John Singleton Copley
Watson and the Shark
1778
182.1 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

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1963.6.1

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