Cog-it & nummi's petition [graphic].

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Title: Cog-it & nummi's petition [graphic].
Alternative Title: Cogit and nummi's petition
Published / Created: [1757]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A group of men stand in groups of three on either side of a standard with the coat of arms of White's Club (with their motto 'cogit amor nummi") as they place bets on the fate of Admiral Byng
Description: Title etched above image.
Engraved verse illustrated with an image at top of plate.
Plate numbered '56' in upper right corner.
Eight lines of verse engraved below image: We most humbly request if it can but be done, that B--g may be spar'd till our betts are all won ...
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Mounted to 35 x 24 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.7 x 7.8 cm, on sheet 14 x 10 cm
Language: English

Genre: Trials, litigation, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1757
Etchings England London 1757
Book illustrations England 1757
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757
White's Club (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Clubs
Gambling
Subjects: Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Trials, litigation, etc
White's Club (London, England)
Clubs
Gambling
England > 1757
England > London > 1757

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