The Fighting 'Temeraire' Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up by Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Fighting 'Temeraire' Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up - Joseph Mallord William Turner - Canvas Oil Painting

About This Piece

Choose The Fighting 'Temeraire' Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up as a hand painted oil painting and skip the compromise of printed wall decor. Based on Joseph Mallord William Turner's original. Our artists rebuild the fine art composition stroke by stroke, producing romantic canvas wall art with lasting color depth.

The Story Behind the Painting

1838
Oil on canvas
91 cm (35.83 in.) x 122 cm (48.03 in.)
National Gallery - London, England.

The 98-gun ship 'Temeraire' played a distinguished role in Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, after which she was known as the 'Fighting Temeraire'. The ship remained in service until 1838 when she was decommissioned and towed from Sheerness to Rotherhithe to be broken up.

The painting was thought to represent the decline of Britain's naval power. The 'Temeraire' is shown travelling east, away from the sunset, even though Rotherhithe is west of Sheerness, but Turner's main concern was to evoke a sense of loss, rather than to give an exact recording of the event. The spectacularly colourful setting of the sun draws a parallel with the passing of the old warship. By contrast the new steam-powered tug is smaller and more prosaic.

Turner was in his sixties when he painted 'The Fighting Temeraire'. It shows his mastery of painting techniques to suggest sea and sky. Paint laid on thickly is used to render the sun's rays striking the clouds. By contrast, the ship's rigging is meticulously painted.

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How It Is Made

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Product Details

• A true oil-on-canvas painting produced manually by our artists — not a mass-produced print.
• Supplied with a 2-inch blank border on all four sides for flexible bedroom display options.
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In short: The Fighting 'Temeraire' Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up - Joseph Mallord William Turner - Canvas Oil Painting combines a romantic composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for fine art oil painting and bedroom wall art.