The Fighting Temeraire: Analysis and Meaning 

Painting of the Temeraire ship by JMW Turner

Voted England’s favorite painting in 2005, “The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up” has become JMW Turner’s best-known painting.  In 2020 the bank of England introduced a 20-pound bill featuring a self-portrait of Turner and the fighting Temeraire in the background. Today, the painting represents the culture of England. Turner …

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