Watson and the Shark 11 Shag
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Watson and the Shark
1778
John Singleton Copley, American, 1738–1815
The dramatic composition depicts the attack of a shark on fourteen-year-old cabin boy Brook Watson in the waters of Havana Harbor in 1749. The heroic rescue was ultimately successful, but only after the youth lost the lower part of his right leg; Watson went on to become a prosperous merchant and hold numerous important political posts in London.
