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Summary

John Singleton Copley: Watson and the Shark

Artist



Description	American artist and painter
Date of birth/death	3 July 1738	9 September 1815
Location of birth/death	Boston (Massachusetts)	London
Work location	Boston, London
Authority file	: Q316016 VIAF: 66552740 ISNI: 0000000081460578 ULAN: 500009177 LCCN: n50017577 NLA: 35031085 WorldCat

Title

Watson and the Shark

Series title

Watson and the Shark

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Depicted people

Brook Watson

Date

1782

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in); width: 77.5 cm (30.5 in)

Collection

Detroit Institute of Arts

	Native name	Detroit Institute of Arts
	Location	Detroit, United States of America
	Coordinates	42° 21′ 33.91″ N, 83° 03′ 52.47″ W
	Established	7 October 1927
	Website	www.dia.org
	Authority file	: Q1201549 VIAF: 130157151 ISNI: 0000000121570289 ULAN: 500306739 LCCN: n79045542 NLA: 36174530 WorldCat

Current location

American Art before 1950

Accession number

46.310

Place of creation

United States of America

Object history

Noel Desanfans, before 1786 Sale, Christie's, London, April 8, 1786, lot 396 W. Goddard, by 1791 Sale, Christie's, February 5, 1791, lot 73, sold to Green G. P. Anderson, London W. P. Hunter, London, ca. 1850 M. Knoedler Co., London, 1946 DIA in 1946

Credit line

Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund

References

The Detroit Institute of Arts

Source/Photographer

1. NGA 2. DIA

Other versions

original jpeg-file from the DIA web site

Licensing

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