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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts Sailing off Norris Castle 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts Sailing off Norris Castle’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
Yachts Sailing off Norris Castle 1827
D20655
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 36a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although in itself the slight profile of a distant tower beyond the yachts occupying most of the page might just as well indicate East Cowes Castle (see under folio 1 verso; D20597), the clear depictions of Norris Castle overlooking the Solent near East Cowes on subsequent pages (folios 39 verso, 40 recto (D20657, D20658; Turner Bequest CCXXVI 37a, 38) suggest that this is also a view of it; see under D20658 for others.
For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts Sailing off Norris Castle 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-yachts-sailing-off-norris-castle-r1183296, accessed 24 April 2024.