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Storming Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario, North America, May 6, 1814.

A fully coloured lithograph of an 1812 battle. The Americans put up a strong resistance and can be seen here, in a line on the slope below the fort, firing at the British troops which had just landed.

Wikimedia/Royal Collection.

Aquatint and etching coloured with watercolour. Artist: attributed to Captain William Steele, Royal Marines. Engraved for Robert Havell and Son, London England, 1817.