An American man reads from a newspaper with amazement the latest news on the Mexican war, surrounded by an attentive group of men.

Lettering: Painted by R.C. Woodville ; Engraved by Alfred Jones ; Mexican News ; Engraved from the original picture ; American Art Union 1851 ; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by the American Art Union in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New York.