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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats; ?Buildings at Portsmouth 1844

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats; ?Buildings at Portsmouth’ 1844
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
Sailing Boats; ?Buildings at Portsmouth 1844
D35722
Turner Bequest CCCLXII 20a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 116 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, on the right is apparently a quick study of a sailing boat or boats. The other way up towards the top left is a continuation of the rough skyline on folio 21 recto opposite (D35723), probably showing Portsmouth; see the sketchbook’s Introduction for other views.
Like the other rapid sketches in this book these presumably relate to the arrival of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, at Portsmouth Harbour on 8 October 1844, as discussed in the Introductions to the sketchbook and the overall section.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Sailing Boats; ?Buildings at Portsmouth 1844 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailing-boats-buildings-at-portsmouth-r1185665, accessed 26 April 2024.