The Council of War in 1756 [graphic].

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Title: The Council of War in 1756 [graphic].
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
'Pr. 6d'--Lower right corner.
Three columns of verse below image: That B--g is an admiral all the world knows ... The last four lines of verse are a quotation from Hudibras.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Guns: cannons -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Captain Arthur Gardiner --2nd Earl of Effingham -- Captain Parry -- Captain John Amherst -- Captain Baird -- Captain Noel.
Removed from Minto Wilson mat.
Provenance: Maggs; September 1957; From Minto Wilson collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.5 x 34 cm, on sheet 26 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757
Bertie, Robert, Lord, 1721-1782
Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
Subjects: Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bertie, Robert, Lord, 1721-1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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