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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth 1844 > Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Yacht off ?Southsea Castle 1844

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Yacht off ?Southsea Castle’ 1844
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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A Yacht off ?Southsea Castle 1844
D35687
Turner Bequest CCCLXII 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 116 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXII – 2’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the other rapid sketches in this book, this relates 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. The yacht may be off Southsea Castle, south-east of the harbour; compare views perhaps made in the summer of 1824 in the London Bridge and Portsmouth sketchbook (Tate D17920, D17926; Turner Bequest CCVI 4a, 7a), and in the 1827 Isle of Wight sketchbook (Tate D20788; Turner Bequest CCXXVII 35a).
The significance of the loose marks towards the bottom left is unclear in relation to the rest of the drawing.
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Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Yacht off ?Southsea Castle 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-a-yacht-off-southsea-castle-r1185636, accessed 25 November 2024.