File:John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark (Detroit).jpg

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John Singleton Copley: Watson and the Shark   
Artist
John Singleton Copley  (1738–1815)   
 
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
artist QS:P170,Q316016
Title
Watson and the Shark 
label QS:Lfa,"واتسون و کوسه"
label QS:Len,"Watson and the Shark"
Series title Watson and the Shark 
Object type painting 
Genre history painting 
Depicted people Brook Watson 
Date 1782
date QS:P571,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in); width: 77.5 cm (30.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,77.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1201549
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 Bridgeman Art Library: Object 114654
Other versions [1], [2]

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