Genre: Etchings England London 1757 / Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757

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Published / Created:: [1757]
Call Number:: 757.03.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Subject (Topic):: Ghosts, Chandeliers, Screens, and Chairs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1757]
Call Number:: 757.03.00.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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
Alternative Title:: Cogit and nummi's petition
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]., and Mounted to 35 x 24 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Byng, John, 1704-1757 and White's Club (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Clubs and Gambling
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cog-it & nummi's petition [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1757]
Call Number:: 757.03.14.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Publisher from address in imprint., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Coats of arms -- Slang: cole, i.e., money -- Emblems: figure of Justice -- Emblems: fool's cap dated 1745 -- Executioners -- Corks -- Trades: fishwoman., and Mounted to 29 x 46 cm.
Publisher:: To be had at the Golden Acorn, opposite Hungerford Market, Strand
Subject (Name):: Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590, Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596, Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, and Ketch, Jack, -1686
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Now and then [graphic].