Amphibious Raids

In 1813, the British began raiding the American coast, targeting ports where Americans engaged in blockade-running or privateering. Americans who did not resist were left alone and paid for requisitioned supplies. Those who resisted risked having their property looted and burned. This American print portrays British forces during an amphibious raid in Chesapeake Bay during 1813 as vandals and criminals. One Royal Marine is stealing the bedclothes from a baby’s cradle

Artist unknown
Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island