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Watson and the Shark
A Youth Rescued from a Shark
Watson and the Shark
1779
Medium/Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Framed: 76.2 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm (30 x 26 1/2 x 1 in.)
Overall: 57 x 66.7cm (22 7/16 x 26 1/4in.)
Other (Platemark): 50.5 x 60.5cm (19 7/8 x 23 13/16in.)
Overall: 57 x 66.7cm (22 7/16 x 26 1/4in.)
Other (Platemark): 50.5 x 60.5cm (19 7/8 x 23 13/16in.)
Credit Line
M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession Number2001.144
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chaloner Smith 152
DescriptionThis is an early proof of the first plate (1779), with open letters not yet filled in black. Green made two additional versions in 1780 and 1783.
InscriptionsLower margin, in pen and brown ink: a narrative of the event (Watson swimming in Havana harbor, attacked by a shark in 1749) written in French
Provenance2001, sold by Hill-Stone, Inc., New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)