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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts Passing Anchored Ships 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts Passing Anchored Ships’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Verso:
Yachts Passing Anchored Ships 1827
D18047
Turner Bequest CCVII 30a
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 passing a ship moored towards the left, and a larger one on the right, bedecked with bunting or flags. Below are two slight studies of yachts under sail. 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 Passing Anchored Ships 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-passing-anchored-ships-r1183535, accessed 11 May 2024.