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

At the top is a small, calligraphic study of a group of vessels, with a second larger study of the same subject below. The billowing sails perhaps suggest racing; the yachts on folio 19 recto opposite (D18024) seem to have been observed on the same occasion, and are perhaps even the same craft. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.