A man in a blue jacket attempts to use a (*) harpoon to kill a creature that is about to bite a naked man floating in the water.
Valentine Greene made a mezzotint of this painting that increased its popularity, and a smaller, more vertical version of this painting is currently at the Detroit Institute of Art. The National Gallery Art thinks that some of the ten figures in this painting are based on Raphael's Miraculous Draught of Fishes. One of the title figures of this painting is incorrectly given lips. A man in a blue jacket attempts to use a (*) harpoon to kill a creature that is about to bite a naked man floating in the water. For 10, points name this painting by John Singleton Copley that details a 1749 Havana fish attack on a floating man.
Valentine Greene made a mezzotint of this painting that increased its popularity, and a smaller, more vertical version of this painting is currently at the Detroit Institute of Art.
{Watson and the Shark}