The Fighting Temeraire
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The Fighting Temeraire is a famous 1839 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner depicting the last journey of the warship HMS Temeraire, celebrated for its poignant reflection on the end of the age of sail and its luminous, atmospheric sunset.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fighting Temeraire canonical | 5 |
| "The Fighting Temeraire" | 1 |
| The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T785941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fighting Temeraire Context triple: [J. M. W. Turner, notableWork, The Fighting Temeraire]
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A.
Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
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B.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa is a monumental 1818–1819 Romantic oil painting by Théodore Géricault depicting shipwrecked survivors adrift at sea, renowned for its dramatic realism and political commentary.
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D.
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark is a famous 19th-century British clipper ship preserved as a museum ship and historic landmark in London.
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E.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fighting Temeraire Target entity description: The Fighting Temeraire is a famous 1839 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner depicting the last journey of the warship HMS Temeraire, celebrated for its poignant reflection on the end of the age of sail and its luminous, atmospheric sunset.
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A.
Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
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B.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa is a monumental 1818–1819 Romantic oil painting by Théodore Géricault depicting shipwrecked survivors adrift at sea, renowned for its dramatic realism and political commentary.
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D.
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark is a famous 19th-century British clipper ship preserved as a museum ship and historic landmark in London.
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E.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 ⓘ |
| artist | J. M. W. Turner ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery, London
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | J. M. W. Turner ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | one of the most famous British paintings ⓘ |
| depicts |
HMS Temeraire
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end of the age of sail ⓘ final voyage of HMS Temeraire ⓘ steam tugboat towing a sailing ship ⓘ sunset ⓘ |
| depictsPlace |
Thames
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surface form:
River Thames
near London ⓘ |
| depictsTime | evening ⓘ |
| genre | marine art ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
cool pale tones for the ship
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luminous warm sunset tones ⓘ |
| hasPart |
glowing sun near the horizon
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reflections on water ⓘ silhouetted warship ⓘ smoking steam tug ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
atmospheric
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expressive use of light and color ⓘ luminous ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mortality
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ technological change ⓘ transience ⓘ |
| inception | 1839 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
HMS Temeraire
ⓘ
surface form:
HMS Temeraire, a Royal Navy warship
|
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| location |
National Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery, London
|
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | J. M. W. Turner ⓘ |
| partOf | Turner’s late works ⓘ |
| significance |
icon of British art
ⓘ
symbol of the passing of an era ⓘ |
| significantEvent | depicts HMS Temeraire being towed to be broken up ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
historic ships in art
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sunset in art ⓘ |
| title | The Fighting Temeraire self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Fighting Temeraire Description of subject: The Fighting Temeraire is a famous 1839 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner depicting the last journey of the warship HMS Temeraire, celebrated for its poignant reflection on the end of the age of sail and its luminous, atmospheric sunset.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner
subject surface form:
Joseph Mallord William Turner
this entity surface form:
"The Fighting Temeraire"