Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Women, Standing and Seated, Possibly at Cowes; a Procession or Group of Figures, Possibly in a London Hall or Church

1827

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Cowes Regatta Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 74 × 100 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D18001
Turner Bequest CCVII 6 a

Catalogue entry

The women on the left are perhaps shown conversing outdoors, given their bonnets. They may have been observed at Cowes; compare those on folio 40 recto (D18066). For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events there from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction. The word or words in the second line beside the standing figure are open to interpretation.
Perhaps less likely, the women may be involved in the scene on folio 7 recto (D18002), where there are similar colour notes; towards the gutter on the present page is the base and lower section of a large column continued from the scene opposite, under which the potential subject is discussed.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

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