Watson and the Shark (copy after John Singleton Copley)

Henry Sargent (American, 1770–1845)

between 1793 and 1797

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions47.62 x 60.01 cm (18 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Winthrop Sargent

Accession number16.346

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On view

ClassificationsPaintings

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Americas

ProvenanceAbout 1797, the artist; 1845, by descent to his son, Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810-1882); 1882, by descent to his son, Winthrop Henry Sargent (1840-1916), Boston; 1916, by inheritance to his wife, Aimee Rotch Sargent; 1916, gift of Mrs. Winthrop Sargent to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1916)