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Your favourite painting. The Greatest Painting in Britain Poll.
Special Features

'...the poll has helped stimulate public discussion about art over the breakfast tables of the United Kingdom...'
National Gallery Director, Charles Saumarez Smith

Statement from the Director of the National Gallery

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The Greatest Painting in Britain

In a poll held by the National Gallery and the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, members of the British public were invited to vote for what they considered to be the Greatest Painting in Britain. Here's the winner...

JMW Turner, 'The Fighting Temeraire', 1856.

JMW Turner, 'The Fighting Temeraire', 1839
The National Gallery, London

Also featured in the top ten...

John Constable, 'The Hay Wain', 1821
The National Gallery, London
Special Feature: Past Painting of the Month

Van Gogh, 'Sunflowers', 1888
The National Gallery, London
Special Feature: A Symbol of Happiness

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