Watson and the Shark(1778) by John Singleton Copley Critical Study

John Singleton Copley's interpretation of a horrifying disaster in Brooke Watson and the Shark stands out as a romanticised horror painting. Watson and the Shark, an oil on canvas painting, was completed in 1778 and belongs to the '18th Century American political' period. The painting is an oil on canvas and stands 182 cm tall and 230 cm wide. It can be found in the National Gallery of Art in Washington .The interpretation was inspired by an event which took place in Cuba in 1749,a fourteen year-old boy ,by the name of Brook Watson was swimming unaccompanied in the harbour where he was at…