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1. Wonderful news from Seringapatam [graphic].
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 May 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.05.18.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Description:
- Title from caption below images., Attribution to Newton in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement above title: Just published by Holland, three prints on the slave trade ..., Design consists of fourteen single or paired figures in two rows, each with two lines of verse etched above., and Watermark: Curteis & Sons.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 18, 1792, by William Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (India) and India.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Military uniforms, and Soldiers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wonderful news from Seringapatam [graphic].
