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John Singleton Copley: Watson and the Shark  wikidata:Q19851208 reasonator:Q19851208
Artist
John Singleton Copley (1738–1815)  wikidata:Q316016 s:en:Author:John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)
 
John Singleton Copley
Description American artist and painter
Date of birth/death 3 July 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 9 September 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston (Massachusetts) London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Boston, London
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artist QS:P170,Q316016
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Title
Watson and the Shark Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfa,"واتسون و کوسه"
label QS:Len,"Watson and the Shark"
Series title Watson and the Shark Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Brook Watson Edit this at Wikidata
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 Edit this at Wikidata
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
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