Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].

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Title: Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].
Published / Created: [1757]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: One night to indulge their vile thoughts tete a tete ...
Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings -- Pictures amplifying subject: French rooster carrying off a map of Minorca -- Furniture.
Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1757
Etchings England London 1757
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Subject (Topic): Ghosts
Chandeliers
Screens
Chairs
Subjects: Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ghosts
Chandeliers
Screens
Chairs
England > 1757
England > London > 1757

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