Reinagle, George Philip.

Folio (445 x 296mm.), lithographed illustration on title-page, plain plan, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Hullmandel after Reinagle, nineteenth-century half red morocco, flat spine gilt, title-page cut out and mounted to upper cover with imprint pasted to front flyleaf, marginal tears to plate 12 with slight loss (repaired), binding rubbed

P.W. Harrington, gift inscription on pastedown "from consul Harrington to his son captn. P.W. Hamilton R.N. with his affectionate regards"; Almeric Hugh Paget (1861-1949), first baron Queensborough, bookplate; Panos Gratsos, book label

cf. Blackmer 1403 (Italian edition); Droulia 1531; 

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The destruction of the allied Turkish-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino effectively ended Ottoman resistance to Greek independence. The battle was fought in Navarino Bay, on the west coast of the Peloponnese, on 20 October 1827. The British-French-Russian fleet at Navarino was commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), a supremely brave naval officer possessing nearly half a century's experience and a sulphurous temper. After the skirmish at Patras Bay (see lot 169), Codrington entered Navarino Bay on 18 October and faced the Ottoman fleet. Although outnumbered and gunned (1258 guns against 2180), Codrington's fleet was generally better equiped and vastly better trained. The commander-in-chief's employment of a brass band on the deck of his ship, the Asia, to encourage a calming atmosphere did not have the desired effect and by early afternoon the Turks' attempt to launch a fireship precipitated a full-scale battle which raged for some four hours. By late afternoon the Ottoman fleet was all but destroyed: of the 78 ships that had entered the fray, only eight left in a seaworthy state. Not a single Allied vessel was destroyed.

Reignale witnessed the battle from HM Sloop Mosquito, and also produced a number of oil paintings depicting various stages of the battle.