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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts under Sail; Studies of Sailing Boats 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts under Sail; Studies of Sailing Boats’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
Yachts under Sail; Studies of Sailing Boats 1827
D18039
Turner Bequest CCVII 26a
Pencil on white wove paper, 100 x 74 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, at the top is a scene of yachts manoeuvring under sail. Below, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is a study of the bows of a sailing boat, apparently superimposed on another slight sketch. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts under Sail; Studies of Sailing Boats 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-under-sail-studies-of-sailing-boats-r1183527, accessed 21 September 2024.