Auguste Étienne François Mayer

Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805 - 1890) was an artist from Brest, France. He specialized in nautical paintings. Mayer also participated in several Arctic expeditions. He taught drawing at the École Navale, the French naval academy in charge of the education of officers. One of his Battle of Trafalgar paintings from 1836 was used as the cover artwork for the game Trafalgar.