145460 Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie (oil on canvas) by Birch, Thomas (1779-1851); 47x59 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) abandoning the USS Lawrence, which he would later recapture, to continue the battle from the USS Niagara. Perry ultimately defeated the British on Lake Erie. The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812.); American, out of copyright.