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@byrneout44.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:18 AM

A Closer Look at The #FightingTemeraire by Joseph Mallord William #Turner
The actual name The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up
by Dan Scott October 25, 2019
drawpaintacademy.com/the-fighting...

The Fighting Temeraire Joseph Mallord William Turner 1839
The actual name The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up
98-gun warship HMS Temeraire, famous for its role in the Battle of Trafalgar, being towed by a paddle-wheel steam tug w/ tall smokestack to be broken down for scrap
The Temeraire and tugboat have passed a small river craft
also a square-rigger a/o small craft farther down the river a second tugboat a three-masted ship rides at anchor
On the opposite side the Sun sets & behind Temeraire, a sliver of Moon
Voted the nation's favorite painting in a 2005 BBC poll and featured on the British £20 banknote.
National Gallery, London

In February 2020, the Bank of England introduced a new polymer £20 note, featuring Turner's c. 1799 self-portrait, with The Fighting Temeraire in the background

@byrneout44.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:13 AM

#JMWTurner The #FightingTemeraire
by Tom Gurney
June 19, 2020 / Updated on August 29, 2026
www.thehistoryofart.org/william-turn...