Restored draft will accompany the final work in Tate Britain exhibition in London

A once filthy, fungus-covered preparatory sketch by JMW Turner for one of his most glorious paintings has been restored and gone on display for the first time next to the finished work.

Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire has been lent by the National Gallery to Tate Britain for a landmark exhibition exploring what it meant to be a modern artist during his lifetime.

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