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Jenkins' Naval Achievements.
It is the quality of accuracy which makes Jenkins so valuable.
Jenkins' Naval Achievements comprise a bound volume of 55, hand-coloured naval battle prints, being the celebrated works of early 19th century aquatint engraver, Thomas Sutherland, colourist Thomas Whitcombe, and print publisher, James Jenkins. The bound volumes were first published in 1817, and sold in relatively small quantities; today, bound volumes and single plates are highly coveted, (with complete bound volumes achieving sales in excess of £10,000).
Roger Quarm, Curator of Pictures at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, summarises Jenkins' Naval Achievements most eloquently;
As a record of naval events spanning over twenty years Jenkins' Naval Achievements has no precedent. At no time prior to 1817 had a publisher attempted such a complete volume of documentarynaval prints. It is the quality of accuracy which makes Jenkins so valuable.
The 51 naval prints are offered for sale for the first time since 1989, and originate from an 1817, bound volume, purchased from Christies (1989); the purchase made in the knowledge four plates were missing, and the bindings damaged beyond repair, (requiring the single plates to be housed in a portfolio).
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