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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Isle of Wight 1827 > Cowes Regatta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts Becalmed off East Cowes Castle 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts Becalmed off East Cowes Castle’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Yachts Becalmed off East Cowes Castle 1827
D18038
Turner Bequest CCVII 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCVII – 26’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing continues on folio 25 verso opposite (D18037), under which the subject is discussed.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts Becalmed off East Cowes Castle 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, 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-becalmed-off-east-cowes-castle-r1183526, accessed 26 April 2024.