Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

Painting that inspired depiction on £20 note more likely the work of John Opie, says Romantic artist’s biographer In 2020, Tate Britain hosted the launch of a new £20 banknote bearing representations of The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner and the artist’s most famous self-portrait. Now a leading expert has said the latter work, part of the Tate collection, is not by Turner at all. Dr James Hamilton , who has published books on Turner and staged exhibitions at museums and galleries nationwide, s