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Turner’s painting shows the final journey of the Temeraire, as the ship is towed from Sheerness in Kent along the river Thames to Rotherhithe in south-east London, where it was to be scrapped. The veteran warship had played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, but by 1838 was...
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Turner's painting pays tribute to the Temeraire's heroic past. The glorious sunset is a fanfare of colour in her honour. It can also be seen as a symbol of the end of an era, with the sun setting on the days of elegant, tall-masted warships.
A drawing inscribed ‘Study / Calm’ in his ‘Calais Pier’ sketchbook of about 1802–5 shows that Turner settled on the painting’s theme and composition early on. A ‘calm’ (a smooth sea) was a favourite subject in Dutch marine painting – for example, van de Velde’s Dutch Ships in a Calm, also in the National Gallery’s collection.
Tate Britain is home to the largest collection of works by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851). Described as the ‘father of modern art,’ Turner shocked with his unique brushwork and use of colour. His portrayals of the modern world were unlike any seen before. As one of the country’s ...
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Nov 3, 2022 · Paperback with flaps: £14.95, special Gallery price: £12.95 Published by National Gallery Global, London Distributed by Yale University Press. About Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) Joseph Mallord William Turner, 19th-century Britain’s greatest land- and seascape artist, is perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist. He ...
