Mather Brown’s work illustrating The Glorious First of June of 1794. This was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

The Battle of Aboukir Bay (the Battle of the Nile) of 1798, as seen in a painting by Giuseppe Pera. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

The Assault of Seringapatam by Allan Alexander. This battle, of 4 May 1799, was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore.

The famous scene of Lord Viscount Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

A full-length portrait of His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir George Beckwith KB, the Governor of Barbados and Commander of His Majesty’s Forces in the West Indies. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

The Battle of Maida, as depicted here by Philip James de Loutherbourg, was fought between a British expeditionary force and a French force outside the town of Maida in Calabria, Italy, on 4 July 1806. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

This engraving by George Robinson depicts the storming by British forces of the fortified city of Monte Video on 3 February 1807. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

Johan Lorenz Rugendas’ depiction of the Bombardment of Copenhagen by British forces in 1807. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

An etching by George Thompson showing the British invasion of Isle de France, now Mauritius, underway in 1810. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

The death of General Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights in October 1812. A British victory, it was the first major battle in the war of 1812. (Library and Archives Canada)

William Heath’s depiction of the Battle of Vittoria underway on 21 June 1813. This was a British victory that ultimately led to Wellington’s success in the Peninsular War. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

A scene showing the Battle of the Pyrenées on 28 July 1813, that was the work of the renowned British war artist William Heath. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)

The Battle of Lake Erie was fought off the coast of Ohio on 10 September 1813, and saw nine vessels of the United States Navy defeat and capture six British warships. (Library of Congress)

A graphic depiction of the capture and burning of the US capital, Washington, by the British in 1814. (Library of Congress)

The Battle of New Orleans of January 1815. General Andrew Jackson can be seen on horseback in the foreground commanding the US troops. (Library of Congress)

By Friedrich Campe, this scene depicts some of the last moments of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. (Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library)