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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts off East Cowes Castle; the Coast near Cowes 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts off East Cowes Castle; the Coast near Cowes’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Yachts off East Cowes Castle; the Coast near Cowes 1827
D20677
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXVI – 50’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are three studies here. The lowest shows yachts heading north into the Solent from the River Medina off Cowes, with East Cowes Castle (see under folio 1 verso; D20597) on the skyline to the south-east. The top view may be of the East Cowes headland, while the slightly disjointed profile between may indicate East Cowes and Cowes from the Solent, looking south. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.
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Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts off East Cowes Castle; the Coast near Cowes 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-off-east-cowes-castle-the-coast-near-cowes-r1183318, accessed 25 April 2024.