£1,000 - £1,400
J.M.W. Turner Limited Edition. One of only 60 Published.
5844 - Limited edition on canvas of J.M.W. Turners "Fighting Temeraire" from a sold out published edition of only 60 on canvas Worldwide. It will be supplied with a replacement valuation certificate for ?1500 (free of charge). The quality of this print is of the highest standard, please see photographs which actually pick up the cracking in the paint from the original. Condition is excellent. Please note that the full title is `The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Birth to be Broken-up, 1838.`The original painting was produced in 1839. Turner`s elegy for the age of sail and British Oak embodied in seamen, man-of-war and ships of the line, also ushers in the steam age. Sold like other outdated war ships for the price of her timber, the Temeraire is towed to the breakers by a steam tug. Much later, Turner`s picture was described as his first, almost prophetic idea of smoke, soot, iron and steam. Turner called it his `darling` and refused to sell it. He intended it for the National Gallery which sits in Trafalgar Square named after the battle in which the Temeraire had served and to this day the painting remains in the collection of the National Gallery. . H: 76cm W: 101cm D: 1cm
