| Description |
143 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Making and meaning |
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Making & meaning.
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| Summary |
The Temeraire, a 98-gun ship of the line, had fought gallantly beside Nelson's Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. After Trafalgar there were no more major naval battles - the Napoleonic wars ended in 1815 - and like many other warships, the Temeraire was relegated to harbour duties. By 1838, 40 years old, she was decaying; she was stripped of reusable materials and sold for the value of her timbers to a Rotherhithe ship-breaker. J. M. W. Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838', one of the best-loved pictures in the National Gallery, depicts the passing of the Temeraire to her doom. From her inglorious final journey - a huge but powerless vessel without masts, rigging, sails or flags, towed by two steam tugs - Turner made a magnificent and deeply symbolic painting |
| Analysis |
England |
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Painting |
| Notes |
"To accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, 8 July-1 October 1995"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 133) and index |
| Subject |
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 -- Exhibitions.
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 -- Exhibitions.
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National Gallery (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions.
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Téméraire (Ship)
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Painting -- England -- London -- Exhibitions.
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Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
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Ships in art.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
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National Gallery (Great Britain)
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| LC no. |
95068075 |
| ISBN |
1857090683 (cased) |
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