The Fighting Temeraire
ArtistJ.M.W. Turner
Year1839
MediumOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery, London
About The Fighting Temeraire
Shows the warship Temeraire being towed to the breakers yard by a steam tug. The sunset symbolizes the end of the age of sail. Turner saw the event and made sketches on the spot. Voted Britains greatest painting in a 2005 BBC poll.
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