The Fighting Temeraire

J. M. W. Turner

1839 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)
Year: 1839
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 90.7 × 121.6 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Romanticism

The ninety-eight-gun warship Temeraire, which had fought beside Victory at Trafalgar in 1805, is towed up the Thames by a small black steam tug to be broken up at Rotherhithe, her ghostly white hull set against a blazing sunset. Turner painted the scene in 1839 from accounts of the ship's last voyage the previous year, and took liberties: the masts had already been removed, and the sun sets in the east. He exhibited it at the Royal Academy with lines from Thomas Campbell and refused ever to sell it. The picture reads as an elegy for the age of sail and for Britain's naval past, with the tug's smoke and fire standing for the new industrial age. Turner left it to the nation in 1851, and it hangs in the National Gallery.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A blazing sunset and a pale ghost ship suit a living room or dining room with warm wood, over a sofa or sideboard at 24×18 in black. It reads across the room and sits well on a deep blue or warm neutral wall.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1839)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Fighting Temeraire in the public domain?

Yes. J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Fighting Temeraire painted, and in what medium?

The Fighting Temeraire dates from 1839 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 90.7 × 121.6 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Fighting Temeraire we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Fighting Temeraire (J. M. W. Turner) — The Fighting Temeraire · J. M. W. Turner · 1839. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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