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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Isle of Wight 1827 > Cowes Regatta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats by the Shore 1827

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats by the Shore’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Verso:
Sailing Boats by the Shore 1827
D18086
Turner Bequest CCVII 50a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, sailing boats are shown moored or beached with sails and a loose skyline of buildings or trees beyond. 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, ‘Sailing Boats by the Shore 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-sailing-boats-by-the-shore-r1183574, accessed 24 September 2024.