Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you ever seen a famous painting of a guy flailing for his life while a shark closes in? It’s called “Watson and the Shark,” painted by John Singleton Copley back in 1778. But here’s the thing—there’s a Black sailor in the background who’s often overlooked. So Marvel artist @johnjenningsart decided to flip the script and re-imagine the scene from his perspective. What does he show us? Just how stacked the odds are against this sailor, and how impossible the situation he’s in really is. #ArtHistoryRewind
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🖼 John Singleton Copley, ”Watson and the Shark,” 1778, oil on canvas, 71 x 90 in., Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund
#art #history #painting #arthistory #marvel #comics #artist #comedy #arte #explore #explorepage
Have you ever seen a famous painting of a guy flailing for his life while a shark closes in? It’s called “Watson and the Shark,” painted by John Singleton Copley back in 1778. But here’s the thing—there’s a Black sailor in the background who’s often overlooked. So Marvel artist @johnjenningsart decided to flip the script and re-imagine the scene from his perspective. What does he show us? Just how stacked the odds are against this sailor, and how impossible the situation he’s in really is. #ArtHistoryRewind
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🖼 John Singleton Copley, ”Watson and the Shark,” 1778, oil on canvas, 71 x 90 in., Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund
#art #history #painting #arthistory #marvel #comics #artist #comedy #arte #explore #explorepage
