One cartoon, twelve chesmen

I was reading news at the splendid Susan Polgar's blog, and came across this nice cartoon (btw, this is the news).

Cartoons tend to be friendly-looking. I wonder why there are only six pawns and why one Knight and one Bishop are missing. Anyway, it is a nice set of twelve pieces.

Chess sets in Oban (Scotland)

Last month in Oban (Scotland) I came across a shop window in which they had a couple of chess sets. One of them was a fantasy set and the other represented the Battle of Culloden.
The Battle was fought in 1746 at Culloden, east of Inverness, between the Jacobites and the British Army. Scotland is a land of many battles, and a very important country in the world of chess.