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Fighting Téméraire

Engraver Thomas Abiel Prior British
Publisher Henry Graves & Co. British
1886
Not on view
Prior's engraving reproduces Turner's famous painting, now in the National Gallery in London, which the artist exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839: "The fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 ('The flag which braved the battle and the breeze, no longer owns her')". The painting depicts HMS Temeraire being towed along the river Thames in London by a modern paddle steamer to be broken up for scrap. The warship was among the last to have been at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and here Turner laments her inglorious final journey.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fighting Téméraire
  • Engraver: Thomas Abiel Prior (British, 1809–1886 Calais)
  • Artist: After Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
  • Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
  • Date: 1886
  • Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Plate: 21 in. × 28 1/8 in. (53.4 × 71.5 cm)
    Sheet: 22 13/16 × 30 1/16 in. (58 × 76.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession
  • Object Number: X.778
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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