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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Isle of Wight 1827 > Cowes Regatta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts under Sail; a Man in a Small Boat; a Moored Sailing Boat 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts under Sail; a Man in a Small Boat; a Moored Sailing Boat’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Yachts under Sail; a Man in a Small Boat; a Moored Sailing Boat 1827
D18097
Turner Bequest CCVII 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCVII – 56’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the upper register shows a group of yachts, most of which are only indicated by their sails. Below to the right is a study of a man standing up in a small rowing boat; and towards the bottom left is the outline of the masts and yards of a moored sailing boat, drawn with the page turned vertically. 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; a Man in a Small Boat; a Moored Sailing Boat 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-a-man-in-a-small-boat-a-moored-sailing-r1183585, accessed 24 September 2024.