Bung triumphant [graphic].

Description

Title: Bung triumphant [graphic].
Alternative Title: Byng triumphant
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the public reaction to Admiral Byng's withdrawal from the defence of Minorca."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32 x 20 cm, on sheet 34 x 22 cm.
Provenance: Sukling; April 1956;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 32 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Minorca (Spain)
Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756
Subject (Topic): History
Gallows
Hangings (Executions)
Memorial arches
Subjects: Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756 > Caricatures and cartoons
Minorca (Spain) > History > Siege, 1756
Gallows
Hangings (Executions)
Memorial arches
England > 1756
England > London > 1756
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership

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