John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark (1778) depicts the rescue of Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba.
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John Singleton Copley
American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives. Related Paintings of John Singleton Copley :. | Portrait of Nathaniel Allen | Watson and the Shark | Mrs Benjamin Pickman | Mrs Humphrey Devereux | Abigail Smith Babcock | Related Artists: Germain-Fabius Brest French, 1823-1900 Anonymous unknow artist Julius Lange (1817 -1878 ) - Painter
