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John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors, 1785–86 #johnsingletoncopley #themmet https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10546

Colonel John Montresor, 1771 #johnsingletoncopley #neoclassicism https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/colonel-john-montresor-1771

Official photographs of the Navy's recovery of the debris of the downed Chinese spy balloon remind critic Will Heinrich of Winslow Homer's painting "The Herring Net," and remind a Met curator of Géricault's "Raft of the Medusa."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/arts/design/china-balloon-notebook-homer.html

What comes to mind for me is John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark."

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46471.html

#arthistory #painting #photography #maritime #melville #géricault #winslowhomer #johnsingletoncopley

Henry Pelham, 1760 #johnsingletoncopley #neoclassicism https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/henry-pelham

Portrait of Joseph Warren, 1765 #neoclassicism #johnsingletoncopley https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/portrait-of-joseph-warren

Portrait of General Thomas Gage, 1769 #johnsingletoncopley #neoclassicism https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/portrait-of-general-thomas-gage-1769

Mrs.James Warren (Mercy Otis), 1763 #johnsingletoncopley #neoclassicism https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-james-warren-mercy-otis

The Tribute Money, 1782 #neoclassicism #johnsingletoncopley https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/the-tribute-money-1782