George Philip Reinagle

George Philip Reinagle (1802 – 6 December 1835) was an English marine painter and engraver.

[1][2][3] He began painting alongside his father, though would mostly develop his skills by studying the works of Dutchmen Ludolf Backhuysen and Willem van de Velde.

In 1822, he presented his work for the first time at the Royal Academy, showing a nobleman's portrait, but soon turned to seascapes.

He would then exhibit Ship in a Storm firing a Signal of Distress and a Calm in 1824, and A Dutch Fleet of the Seventeenth Century coming to Anchor in a Breeze the following year.

[1] He went to Greece during the Greek War of Independence and in 1827 witnessed the naval battle of Navarino which he subsequently depicted the following years through a number of paintings such as Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin and Illustrations of the Occurrences at the Entrance of the Bay of Patras between the English Squadron and Turkish Fleets 1827.