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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts under Sail off Norris Castle 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts under Sail off Norris Castle’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Verso:
Yachts under Sail off Norris Castle 1827
D20680
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 52a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Yachts are shown here manoeuvring in the Solent; the view continues on folio 55 recto opposite (D20681; Turner Bequest CCXXVI 52b), and the coast shown on the present page is to the south-east beyond Norris Castle, towards Ryde and the eastern end of the Isle of Wight.
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 under Sail 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-under-sail-off-norris-castle-r1183321, accessed 24 September 2024.