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1.
Byng's ghost to the triumvirate [graphic].

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].

2.
The burning pit [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 December 1756]
Call Number:
756.12.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text at top of image., Plate numbered '71' in upper left corner., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: How vain the efforts of the tribe, who thro' the dirty paths have trod ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Decr. 4, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The burning pit [graphic].

3.
The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].

Published / Created:
[26 November 1756]
Call Number:
756.11.26.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from first etched line., Plate numbered '52' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 18 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 26, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The bankrupts with anecdotes [graphic].

4.
Exit unworthies. Enter worthies [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 November 1756]
Call Number:
756.11.24.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Enter worthies
Description:
Titles etched above images., Plate numbered '51' in upper right corner., Two images on one plate, each with a title above the image., Six lines of verse under design: No more thy gracious mind perplex / The vulture now no more shall vex ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., and Mounted to 13 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1720-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Exit unworthies. Enter worthies [graphic].

5.
The rostrum [graphic].

Published / Created:
[24 November 1756]
Call Number:
756.11.24.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '50' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of text under image: But in thier [sic] own defence sure they may mount the rostrum and plead thier [sic] pardon from the people., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Pulpits., and Mounted to 14 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 24, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rostrum [graphic].

6.
Occasional conformity [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 November 1756]
Call Number:
756.11.11.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '44' in upper right corner of image., Two lines of verse below image: No matter let merrit plead in vain, he gains his end who tugs the chain., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Thomas Villiers -- John, Viscount Bateman -- Richard Edgcumbe -- John Cleveland., and Mounted to 13 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Nov. 11, 1756, Darly & Edwards facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Bessborough, William Ponsonby, 2d Earl of, 1704-1793, and Rowley, William, Sir, 1690?-1768
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Occasional conformity [graphic].

7.
Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].

Published / Created:
Nov. 25 [1756]
Call Number:
756.11.00.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the corruption of Newcastle's government suggesting that it accepted French bribes; Byng, crushed by Hardwicke and Fox, is treated with some sympathy."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French way of catching fools and Oh! How are the mighty fallen?
Description:
Title etched above image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Bribes -- Pictures amplifying subject: spider-web covered painting of Justice -- Emblems: French fleur-de-lis -- Gambling: EO table., Note by E. Truman filed with the print., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at the Star on Holborn Hill
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Birdlime for bunglers, or, The French way of catching fools [graphic].

8.
The devil turn'd drover [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as [the] act directs, [1756]
Call Number:
756.11.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Devil turned drover
Description:
Title from item., Publisher's statement following publication information: to be had [the] corner of [the] West Passage of the Royal Exchange in Castle Alley. Price 6d., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Devil -- Mythology: Cerberus., and Corners cropped.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The devil turn'd drover [graphic].

9.
The dis-card [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.11.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Discard
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dis-card [graphic].

10.
The cole heavers [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as [the] act directs, [1756]
Call Number:
756.11.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's statement following publication information: To be had [the] corner of [the] West Passage of [the] Royal Exchange in Castle Alley., Two lines of verse below image: Since honesty is but an empty name, He that cheats the least is most to blame., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster Abbey -- Westminster Quay -- Westminster Hall -- Slang: cole (money)., and Ms. annotations in an unidentified contemporary hand at bottom of sheet identifying subjects.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Subject (Topic):
Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cole heavers [graphic].