Lot 258: Reinagle (George Philip) Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin, subscriber's list and guide to the plates (2 leaves), 13 hand-coloured lithographs

Reinagle (George Philip)
Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin, subscriber's list and guide to the plates (2 leaves), 13 hand-coloured lithographs by Hullmandel after Reinagle, including battle plan in outline colour, mounted (mounts brittle)no printed title, some light foxing, publisher's lithographed wrappers with vignette of the ship Asia, soiled, folio (305 by 432mm.), London, Colnaghi & Son, 1828, sold as a collection of plates

FIRST EDITION. The celebrated Battle of Navarino took place on 20 October 1827, and is regarded as a defining moment in the Greek War of Independence. Without the sanction of the British government, Admiral Sir Codrington led a combined British, French and Russian fleet against the Turco-Egyptian. The result was a crushing blow to the Turks and the annihilation of the Egyptian fleet. George Philip Reinagle (1802-1835), a talented marine painter, took in the entire action from onboard HMS Mosquito.

References: cf. Blackmer 942 (Italian edition).

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