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The Fighting Temeraire
1839
A pale sailing ship follows a small, dark steam tug. Their unequal sizes make the reversal unmistakable: the old giant can no longer move under its own power.
Artist field note
J.M.W. Turner
Light makes the solid world unstable.
Appears inUnited Kingdom
The five in one idea
Turner used light and weather to unsettle the apparent solidity of ships, cities and machines, making landscape carry history as well as sensation.