'Yachts Sailing in the Solent', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Yachts Sailing in the Solent

From Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXXVII

Date c.1827

MediumWatercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 110 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D20791

Turner Bequest CCXXVII 37

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Isle of Wight

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1820s

Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest