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WATSON AND THE SHARK

Date: 1777
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 30 1/2 in. (91.4 x 77.5 cm) Framed: 45 3/16 x 39 x 2 1/2 in.
Department: American Art before 1950
Classification: Paintings
Credit: Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund
Accession No.: 46.310
Provenance: 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
Keywords: canvas, oil, paint, seascape, narrative

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