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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts under Sail 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts under Sail’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
Yachts under Sail 1827
D18034
Turner Bequest CCVII 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 100 x 74 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCVII – 24’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, there are two separate studies of yachts manoeuvring at speed. The one at the top is comparable with those on the left of the oil Sketch for ‘East Cowes Castle, the Regatta Beating to Windward’ No.3, of 1827 (Tate N01993).1 For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.
The marks beside the lower boat appear to form a slight continuation from the horizontal view on folio 23 verso opposite (D18033).

Matthew Imms
December 2014

1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984, p.160 no.262, pl.267 (colour).

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts under Sail 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, 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-r1183522, accessed 26 April 2024.