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''The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838'' is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. It was painted in 1838 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The painting depicts the 98-gun ship HMS ''Temeraire'', being towed by a paddle-wheel steam tug towards its final berth in Rotherhithe in south-east London in 1838 to be broken up for scrap. The painting hangs in the National Gallery, London, having been bequeathed to the nation by the artist in 1851. In 2005 it was voted the nation's favourite painting in a poll organised by BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme. Turner displayed the painting in 1839 accompanied by an altered excerpt from Thomas Campbell's poem ''Ye Mariners of England'', reading: : The flag which braved the battle and the breeze, : No longer owns her.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=William Turner, Painter of Light j-m-w-turner.co.uk )〕 == Background == When Turner came to paint this picture he was at the height of his career, having exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, for 40 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Gallery information )〕 He was renowned for his highly atmospheric paintings in which he explored the subjects of the weather, the sea and the effects of light. He spent much of his life near the River Thames and did many paintings of ships and waterside scenes, both in watercolour and in oils. Turner frequently made small sketches and then worked them into finished paintings in the studio. He almost certainly did not witness the actual towing of ''Temeraire'' and used considerable license in the painting, which had a symbolic meaning for him, that his first audience immediately appreciated.〔Egerton, 310–314〕 Turner had been eighteen years old when Britain entered the Napoleonic Wars and "had a strong patriotic streak". The ''Temeraire'' was a very well-known ship from her heroic performance at Trafalgar, and her sale by the Admiralty had attracted considerable press coverage, which was probably what brought the subject to his attention.〔Egerton, 309–310, 309 quoted〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fighting Temeraire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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