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Painting of a crowded rescue boat reaching a swimmer in dark water, with ships and a harbor city behind.

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Watson and the Shark, Henry Sargent (1793), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Via artnap.com

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Watson and the Shark by Henry Sargent, painted in 1793, shows a small rescue boat crowded with men and a woman gripping a long pole while a naked swimmer reaches toward the boat from dark water near a looming shadow. Tall-masted ships and a distant city skyline fill the background under a heavy, stormy sky.

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1793

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Public domain

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