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Watson and the Shark John Singleton Copley
Image Details
Watson and the Shark (46.310) — John Singleton Copley

Club Chair
Club Chair

Photo ©2013, Detroit Institute of Arts

Club Chair

Date
1880/1890
Medium
Ash with boxwood, satinwood, lemonwood, ebony, rosewood, and brass inlay
Dimensions
32 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 16 3/8 in.
Department
American Art before 1950
Classification
Furniture
Credit
Founders Society Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, Edward E. Rothman Fund, and Eleanor and Edsel Ford Exhibition and Acquisition Fund
Accession No.
1990.293
Provenance
Margot Jonson, Inc DIA, Founders Society Purhase, Eleanor and Edsel Ford Exh. and Acquisition Fund, 1990

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