( - 1821)
John P. Jenkinson, marine and portrait painter, worked in Liverpool from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. Although now considered an important Liverpool artist, little is known of his life and career. Many of his works are unsigned or the signature is hidden and this has often led to them being wrongly attributed to another Liverpool based marine painter, Robert Salmon (1775-c.1845). Jenkinson became a member of the Liverpool Academy and exhibited there between 1810 and 1814. He died in 1821. Today, his paintings can be found in the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool, and the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston.
