Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Yacht Passing Moored Boats

1827

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Windsor and Cowes, Isle of Wight Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 192 × 112 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20665
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 42 a

Catalogue entry

The drawing, made at the outer edge with the page turned vertically, shows a two-masted yacht passing lightly indicated moored vessels. It is among many such coastal and nautical studies in this sketchbook, presumably relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
November 2015

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