This coloured aquatint depicts the British Attack on Fort Oswego on May 6th 1814 during the War of 1812. Fort Oswego (now Fort Ontario) was a US-held stronghold and key military supply base on the south-eastern shores of Lake Ontario, and was subjected to a British raid commanded by Commodore James Yeo on the aforementioned date. During this raid the fort was destroyed, abandoned by its defenders, resulting in a British victory.
The ‘Prince Regent’ features in the foreground on the far right, ‘bearing the broad pendant of Sir James Yeo’ (William James, ‘The Naval History of Great Britain’, Vol. VI, p.204). Fort Oswego can be seen in the centre-left of the image.