Lot 139: NAVARINO

[REINAGLE (GEORGE PHILIP) Illustrations of the Occurrences at the Entrance of the Bay of Patras, between the English Squadron and the Turkish Fleets], lithographed map and 6 plates, one leaf of descriptive text [Blackmer 1402], [Colnaghi, c.1828]; Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin, lithographed map and 12 plates, list of subscribers and one leaf of descriptive text, publisher's upper wrapper loosely inserted (repaired), Colnaghi, 1828, 2 works in one vol., some spotting and soiling (occasionally affecting image), without title-pages (as issued), contemporary roan-backed limp boards, folio

Reinagle, a marine painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy, accompanied Codrington's squadron through the Mediterranean and was an eye-witness at the Battle of Navarino on board H.M.S. Mosquito. The resulting paintings of the Turkish campaign were the subject of exhibitions at the Royal Academy for the next three years. The subscribers to the second work include members of the British and Russian fleets present at the action.