East Cowes Castle, the Seat of J. Nash, Esq., the Regatta Beating to Windward

Commissioned by John Nash [1752-1835], owner of East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; Sale at (Christie’s, London) in 1835;{1} (Tiffin, London, England).{2} E. W. [Edward Wilson] Parker [died 1932], Skirwith Abbey, Cumberland; Sale at (Christie's, London) in 1909;{3} bought jointly by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, and M. Knoedler & Co.{4} Possibly W.[William] G. Warden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie.{5} M. C. D. [Matthew Chalaver Durfee] Borden [1842-1912], Philadelphia; Sale at (American Art Association, New York, New York) in 1913;{6} bought by W. W. Seaman, agent; Colonel Ambrose Monell [1873-1921].{7} Mrs. Harrison Williams [1897-1983], New York.{8} (Max Safron Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri);{9} purchased by Nicholas H. and Marguerite Lilly Noyes, Indianapolis, Indiana, by 1955;{10} given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1971 (71.32). {1} Christie's, London, A catalogue of the collection of chiefly modern pictures of that eminent architect John Nash, Esq., deceased, 11 July 1835, lot 88. {2} See Martin Butler and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, New Haven and London, 2 volumes, 1977, catalogue no. 242, who note that Tiffin was a dealer, possibly serving as agent. {3} Christie's, London, Catalogue of Ancient & Modern Pictures…Four Important Pictures, the property of E.W. Parker, Esq., J.P. of Skirwith Abbey, Cumberland,…2 July 1909, lot 100 (illustration). {4} The purchase by Agnew’s is recorded in “Sale of Important Pictures,” Times [London], 3 July 1909. For the joint purchase with Knoedler, see Butler and Joll, catalogue no. 242. {5} See Butler and Joll, catalogue no. 242. This has not been verified. {6} American Art Association, New York, Illustrated catalogue of the Notable Paintings by Great Masters belonging to the Estate of the Late M. C. D. Borden, Esq…,13-14 February 1913, lot. 29 (illustrated). {7} See Butler and Joll, catalogue no. 242. This has not been verified. {8} See Butler and Joll, catalogue no. 242. This has not been verified. {9} A black/white photograph of this painting appears in one of the albums of photographs of the Max Safron Collection, St. Louis Art Museum Archives. See IMA Provenance File (71.32). {10} The painting was included in an exhibition at the John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana (now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields), Turner in America, 12 November - 25 December 1955, catalogue no. 23 (illustration).