THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE. When it 

 was announced that the ^st^famous ship 



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 ou and the ship was broken up; but .he .made it 

 n thine of immortal beauty, which will never K 

 fts appeal to the eyes and the hearts of picture- 



l X r' Fitting Temeraire was one of Nelson's 

 veSls ^Trafalgar. It moved next to his flag 

 shin and gallantly led the ships of England 

 through the French" line, but it was so seriously 

 disabled that it could never ^V^he Thames 

 some years later, it was being towed up the Thames 

 on its final journey, Turner saw it, and his love 

 for the sea and his strong national feeling sensed 

 has a fit subject for a painting.. The glowing red 

 of the sunset; the quiet water in which are mir 

 rored deep the old ship and its busy purring 

 little tug- the golden mystical haze which Turner 

 new better than any other artist how to impart 

 t This pktures-these are the chief artistic beau- 

 But stronger than these is the emotional 

 of the brlve ship, its last battle fought, 



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