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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cowes from the Solent below Norris Castle; the Tower below Norris Castle; Yachts off the Shore 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cowes from the Solent below Norris Castle; the Tower below Norris Castle; Yachts off the Shore’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Cowes from the Solent below Norris Castle; the Tower below Norris Castle; Yachts off the Shore 1827
D20660
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 39
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Stamped in black ‘CCXXVI – 39’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Along the bottom of the page is a prospect south-west towards Cowes from the Solent, across the mouth of the River Medina. The small tower at the left appears to be the one surviving on the shore at the end of the East Cowes Esplanade, marking the corner of the Norris Castle estate; see under folio 40 recto (D20658; Turner Bequest CCXXVI 38) for views of the castle itself. Compare also the top sketch on folio 21 verso (D20629; Turner Bequest CCXXVII 20a). The drawing at the top left may show the same tower from the west. The loose sketch at the outer edge, made with the page turned vertically, shows yachts beyond a loosely defined shoreline, apparently with figures. They may be spectators at Cowes Regatta or related events; see under folio 13 recto (D20615; Turner Bequest CCXXVI 12).
For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.
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Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Cowes from the Solent below Norris Castle; the Tower below Norris Castle; Yachts off the Shore 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-cowes-from-the-solent-below-norris-castle-the-tower-below-r1183301, accessed 27 April 2024.