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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats off Cowes Castle 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats off Cowes Castle’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Verso:
Sailing Boats off Cowes Castle 1827
D18096
Turner Bequest CCVII 55a
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, Cowes Castle is seen to the north-west beyond the masts of boats on the River Medina; for other views of the castle, see under folio 19 verso (D18025). Turner had made a detailed watercolour from this direction in about 1796 (Tate D00667; Turner Bequest XXVII F). 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 off 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-sailing-boats-off-cowes-castle-r1183584, accessed 23 April 2024.