Copley's Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1738 was considered one of the greatest American masters at his death in 1815 and is to this day. Copley studied with his stepfather, Peter Pelham, and frequented the studios of John Smibert and Robert Feke. By the age of twenty, Copley was considered to be a successful portrait painter with a mature style full of brilliance and clarity. He practiced in New York City, Philadelphia, and his hometown of Boston before visiting Italy and eventually settling in London, England. John Singleton Copley's interpretation of a horrifying disaster in Brooke Watson and the Shark stands out as a fantastic romanticized horror painting. Watson and the Shark, an oil on canvas painting, was completed in 1778. The painting stands 71.75 inches high and 90½ inches wide. The romantic painting was donated by the Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Watson and the Shark portrays a devastating event in the life of Brooke Watson. In the Bahamas at the age of fourteen, British-born Watson was out on a fishing expedition. According to Brooke, he fell overboard and was subsequently attacked by an enormous shark. With the help of the crew, Watson na
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