2-637-163 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Action on Lake Erie', c1814. On 10 September 1813, a British and American flotillas fought the Battle of Lake Erie. Both sides sustained significant damage during the battle before the British fleet surrendered. The American victory left them in control of the lake, enabling them to recapture Detroit. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]