Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46471-watson-and-shark
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.
central, heroic role was unprecedented in 18th-century European painting. 1 2 Man in danger