Joseph Mallord William Turner (1785-1851) was a British Romantic, landscape painter, water colorist, and printmaker. It is said that his style lay the foundation for the movement known as Impressionism. His paintings number in the thousands. Among his best-known works are A Ship Aground, Arth from the Lake of Zug, and Lausanne. This painting, titled The Fighting Temeraire, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839. The previous year, Turner and friends were bound for Greenwich by water They passed a steam-tug towing a superannuated battleship. "That's a fine subject for you, Turner," said Stanfield. The painter took the hint, and produced "The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up.".