Keywords: Watson and the shark - Detroit.gif Artwork Creator John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark 1782 oil canvas cm 91 4 77 5 institution Detroit Institute of Arts American Art before 1950 46 310 credit line Founders Society Purchase Dexter M Ferry Jr Fund http //www dia org/object-info/1b7bbb96-181d-44e2-a980-61db48693a4e aspx position 1 The Detroit Institute of Arts 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 1 http //www nga gov/feature/watson/ NGA 2 http //www dia org/object-info/1b7bbb96-181d-44e2-a980-61db48693a4e aspx position 1 DIA http //www dia org/user_area/zoom/46 310-D1 jpg original jpeg-file from the DIA web site PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Copley John Singleton; Watson and the Shark Detroit Institute of Arts 1782 Watson and the Shark 23 Detroit Institute of Arts |