Ultra HD Master (5 000 × 3 714 px)
Romanticism
1839
The Fighting Temeraire
Original title: The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up
J.M.W. Turner
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
90.7 cm × 121.6 cm
Date of Creation:
1839
Scan Resolution:
5 000 × 3 714 px
Archive File Size:
4.5 MB
Permanent Collection:
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Historical Narrative
The heroic 98-gun ship of the line HMS Temeraire is towed down the River Thames by a paddle-wheel steam tug toward its final scrapyard against a fiery sunset.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A poignant poetic tribute to the passing of the age of sail into the Industrial Revolution, bathed in Turner's incandescent atmospheric light."
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