A view of the storming and taking of Monte Video in South America by the British troops

1 aquatint published June 24, 1807; British artillery and infantry assaulting masonry fortifications, ships in distance. Descriptive letterpress below image. 1 aquatint published June 24, 1807; British artillery and infantry assaulting masonry fortifications, ships in distance. Descriptive letterpress below image. Print commemorates the events of February 3, 1807, when British troops under General Samuel Auchmuty and Admiral Charles Stirling besieged and captured the city. Giant obling folio. Dedham, MA, Hornblower, 2014 Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)