Wonderful news from Seringapatam [graphic].

"A series of isolated figures, single or in pairs, arranged in two rows, each with an explanatory couplet relating to the news of the capture of Seringapatam, on the authority of a letter received at the India House on 15 May from Bristol dated 'Vestal, at sea'. [1] A grinning man stands full face, with raised shoulders, inscribed,'I cannot express how delighted I am, To hear we have taken Seringapatam'[2] Thurlow, tall and thin, nearsightedly reads a paper with a grin: 'The Chancellor look'd like a frolicksome Ram To hear we had taken Seringapatam.'[3] Dundas, holding a cane, runs in profile to the right; behind him is a small table on which is a bottle, &c.: 'Dundass fled from bottle, from chicken, and ham To Windsor to tell of Seringapatam.'[4] Pitt stands, chapeau-bras, in profile to the left, a cake in one hand, a jam-pot in the other:'Will Pitt eat a cake with some rasberry jam When told we had taken Seringapatam.' ,..."--British Museum online catalogue