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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Fishing Boats in a Harbour, Probably on the Isle of Wight; a Yacht under Sail 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Fishing Boats in a Harbour, Probably on the Isle of Wight; a Yacht under Sail’ 1827 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
?Fishing Boats in a Harbour, Probably on the Isle of Wight; a Yacht under Sail 1827
D41064
Turner Bequest
Pencil on white wove paper, 100 x 74 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blu [...]’ top right, ‘[?yell]’ towards top right, ‘[?yellow] Warm Blu Shad’ above centre, and ‘[H...] Fish’ centre left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, at the top is a slight view of sails and masts against a dark coastline. Following various notes on colour and light, the last of Turner’s words seems to be ‘Fish’, and these may be fishing boats off the Isle of Wight or along the South Coast nearby.
Below, at ninety degrees, is a study of a yacht under sail. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.
Technical notes:
The drawings are disrupted by heavy mottling and staining from the leather overlaps over which this pastedown is glued.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Fishing Boats in a Harbour, Probably on the Isle of Wight; a Yacht under Sail 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-fishing-boats-in-a-harbour-probably-on-the-isle-of-wight-a-r1183622, accessed 26 April 2024.