Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sailing Boats at Portsmouth

1844

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 74 × 116 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D35724
Turner Bequest CCCLXII 21 a

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this slight study shows the masts of sailing boats. Like the other rapid sketches in this book it presumably relates to the arrival of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, at Portsmouth Harbour on 8 October 1844, as discussed in the Introductions to the sketchbook and the overall section.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

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