Art, literature & history
Watson and the Shark
1778
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 182.1 x 229.7 cm (71 11/16 x 90 7/16 in.) framed: 241.3 x 264.2 x 10.1 cm (95 x 104 x 4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1963.6.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
John Singleton Copley. Watson and the Shark. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Watson and the Shark — John Singleton Copley. 1778.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 182.1 x 229.7 cm (71 11/16 x 90 7/16 in.) framed: 241.3 x 264.2 x 10.1 cm (95 x 104 x 4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1963.6.1. Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.