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Study for the Drowning Figure of Watson (Watson and the Shark)

Study for the Drowning Figure of Watson (Watson and the Shark)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

1778

Medium/TechniqueBlack and white chalk

DimensionsSheet: 36.5 x 57.5 cm (14 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Thomas Inglis

Accession number83.27

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ProvenanceThomas Inglis; gift to MFA, April 1883.

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Studies for " The Knatchbull Family"
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Recto: Mother and child/ and two children
Verso: Lady Knatchbull and child; two children playing

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Study for "The Knatchbull Family": A Daughter ( figure at right)

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1800–03

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Study of a Man in Long Robe ( left side)

John Singleton Copley

1779–81

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John Singleton Copley

1779–81

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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar" Running Male Figure (Figure on Cannon in Longboat)

John Singleton Copley

1785–88

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Young Boy and Fleeing Mother and Child)

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John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child; verso: Wounded Soldier holding a Musket)

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1782–84

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child)

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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officers supporting Major Peirson, Fleeing Woman and Child)

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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Dying French Officer and Other Figures)

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