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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Boat Flying a Flag 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat Flying a Flag’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Verso:
A Sailing Boat Flying a Flag 1827
D18071
Turner Bequest CCVII 42a
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, a sailing boat is shown in isolation, flying a prominent flag from the top of its tall mast, possibly as a signal. 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, ‘A Sailing Boat Flying a Flag 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-a-sailing-boat-flying-a-flag-r1183559, accessed 18 April 2024.