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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Banks of Southampton Water 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Banks of Southampton Water’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
?The Banks of Southampton Water 1827
D18105
Turner Bequest CCVII 60
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘60’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCVII – 60’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are four profiles here of low, apparently wooded hills. There are slight indications here and there of a windmill and perhaps castle towers or other buildings. They may be along the banks of Southampton Water, as this page falls within a sequence of views in the Southampton area; see also folio 59 recto opposite (D18104), and under folio 58 verso (D18102). In the foreground at the bottom there appears to be a tethered boat or large buoy with a marker flag.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The Banks of Southampton Water 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-the-banks-of-southampton-water-r1183593, accessed 23 September 2024.