J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Yachts under Sail 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Yachts under Sail’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Studies of Yachts under Sail 1827
D20645
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 192 x 112 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Bar | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘G’ or ‘E’ top centre
Stamped in black ‘CCXXVI – 30’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These drawings were made on two registers, with the page turned vertically. They show yachts under way, functioning as diagrammatic records of the arrangement of their sails. There are similar studies on 30 verso opposite and the verso of the present leaf (D20644, D20646; Turner Bequest CCXXVI 29a, 30a). They are among many such coastal and nautical studies in this sketchbook, presumably relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, as discussed in the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Studies of Yachts under Sail 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-studies-of-yachts-under-sail-r1183286, accessed 19 April 2024.