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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts under Sail; Flags 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts under Sail; Flags’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
Yachts under Sail; Flags 1827
D20713
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Bar | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Yllo B’ top right, beside diagram of flags
Stamped in black ‘CCXXVI – 72’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, and shows two yachts under way beyond a moored sailing boat, with large flags flying from boats in the distance. There are separate notes of two flags and colours at the top right. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts under Sail; Flags 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-yachts-under-sail-flags-r1183355, accessed 25 April 2024.