This painting is based on a true account of a shark attack in Havana Harbor in 1749. John Singleton Copley depicts a critical moment in the attempted rescue of 14-year-old Brook Watson.
Tate Gallery, London, 1946: no. 49. 1947 Richardson, Edgar P.
Roy DeCarava grew up in New York City at a time when African American arts were flourishing. DeCarava knew and admired Romare Bearden, Langston Hughes, and Charles White.
Mississippi freedom marcher, Washington, D.C., 1963, gelatin silver print, Robert B.
Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p.
Collection of Old Master Drawings, Museums and Art Gallery, Leicester, 1954, no. 17 (P.
Artists often depict the built environment. We can visit some of the world’s most magnificent buildings and architectural innovations through artworks.
model 1902, fabricated 1902/1913, painted cast iron and bronze, Gift of Robert P.
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974, p.
Collection of Old Master Drawings, The Museums and Art Gallery, Leicester, 1954, no. 40 (P.
[3] Bennard B. Perlman, Robert Henri: His Life and Art (New York, 1991), 110.
Ethel Philip, Whistler’s sister-in-law and a favorite subject of the artist, whose likeness appears in drawings, etchings, lithographs, and at least five full-size oil paintings, stands against an empty, shallow background with her back to the viewer. She wears a grey silk gown topped with a bolero jacket of transparent silk gauze or fine net—a design inspired by traditional costumes from Spain’s Andalusian region.
Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut, with life interest to his daughter, Miss Gertrude B.
