The Fighting Temeraire

J. M. W. Turner

1839 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

Size2:3 ratio

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 24×36 in black. It reads across the room and sits well on a deep blue or warm neutral wall.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1839)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 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

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 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, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Fighting Temeraire we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Turner's The Fighting Temeraire — the whole blazing sunset towing scene shown uncropped beneath gallery typography. A beloved Romantic seascape, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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