Watson and the Shark

series of oil paintings by John Singleton Copley in the NGA, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts
VisualArtwork painting_series Q1787460
Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Watson and the Shark

Summary

Watson and the Shark is a painting series[1]. It draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (painting_series category, ranking #28 of 214).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watson and the Shark is the creator of John Singleton Copley[3].
  • Watson and the Shark's image is recorded as Watsonandtheshark-original.jpg[4].
  • Watson and the Shark's image is recorded as J S Copley - Watson and the Shark (Boston).jpg[5].
  • Watson and the Shark's image is recorded as John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark (Detroit).jpg[6].
  • Watson and the Shark's instance of is recorded as painting series[7].
  • Watson and the Shark's instance of is recorded as painting[8].
  • Watson and the Shark's movement is recorded as Pre-romanticism[9].
  • Watson and the Shark's genre is recorded as history painting[10].
  • Watson and the Shark's depicts is recorded as shark attack[11].
  • Watson and the Shark's depicts is recorded as Havana[12].
  • Watson and the Shark's depicts is recorded as Brook Watson[13].
  • Watson and the Shark's depicts is recorded as man[14].
  • Watson and the Shark's depicts is recorded as boat[15].
  • Watson and the Shark's made from material is recorded as oil paint[16].
  • Watson and the Shark's made from material is recorded as canvas[17].
  • Watson and the Shark's collection is recorded as National Gallery of Art[18].
  • Watson and the Shark's collection is recorded as Museum of Fine Arts Boston[19].
  • Watson and the Shark's collection is recorded as Detroit Institute of Arts[20].
  • Watson and the Shark's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 206871857[21].
  • Watson and the Shark's inventory number is recorded as 08600421[22].
  • Watson and the Shark's GND ID is recorded as 4775918-5[23].
  • Watson and the Shark's location is recorded as United States[24].
  • Watson and the Shark's Commons category is recorded as Watson and the Shark[25].
  • Watson and the Shark's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Great Britain[26].
  • Watson and the Shark's has part is recorded as Watson and the Shark[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Watson and the Shark is the creator of John Singleton Copley[3].

Why It Matters

Watson and the Shark draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (painting_series category, ranking #28 of 214).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . dia.org. dia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . National Gallery of Art - Collection. mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . National Gallery of Art - Collection. mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Gallery of Art - Collection. mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . nga.gov. nga.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . collections.mfa.org. collections.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . dia.org. dia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . nga.gov. nga.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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