Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Sailing Boat Flying a Flag

1827

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Cowes Regatta Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 100 × 74 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D18071
Turner Bequest CCVII 42 a

Catalogue entry

With the page turned vertically, a sailing boat is shown in isolation, flying a prominent flag from the top of its tall mast, possibly as a signal. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

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