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Seen very faintly in<br />
the sky, top left<br />
hand corner, Turner<br />
has painted a<br />
crescent moon. This<br />
is believed to<br />
symbolize the<br />
changing of an era<br />
from sail to steam<br />
ship.<br />
In 1824 Turner painted Nelson’s ship<br />
HMS Victory waving the British Flag<br />
signifying the victory of the British. It<br />
is Believed that Turner could have<br />
been inspired to paint his image after<br />
seeing Clarkson Stanfield’s the Battle<br />
of Trafalgar, 1805.<br />
Turner shows the ship being towed<br />
by one tug boat when in reality it<br />
would have been tugged by two, he<br />
also had the ship being tugged east<br />
so he could have the sunset in the<br />
background. However the ship<br />
would have be tugged west to the<br />
breakers yard. This technique was<br />
to capture and show the finality of<br />
the ship.<br />
This painting was exhibited a year after the<br />
Temeraire was broken up and it received many<br />
compliments. This painting was one of Turners<br />
most loved paintings and he refused all offers for it<br />
to be bought. In this painting Turner has depicted<br />
the realistic scene but created it in respect to the<br />
magnificent ship.
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