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)
Title from item., At the bottom of design: 'Price 6d.', and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Mars -- Mythology: Neptune -- Personifications: figure of Justice -- Devil.
Pillers of the publick prov'd and Pillars of the public proved
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publisher identified from address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "To be had at the Star, Holborn Hill.", Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Admiral de la Gallissonière, as a dog -- 2nd Earl of Effingham --, and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
T. Kitchin
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776, and Blakeney, William, 1672-1761
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
Title from item., Plate numbered '43' in upper right corner., Fifteen lines of verse in rebus below image: No soon[er] came [I] un[to] [sticks] / [but] quite convinc'd of [all] our tricks ..., The following words within the quoted verse are represented by a rebus: 'er' in sooner by an ear, I by an eye, 'to' in unto by a toe, sticks by a bunch of sticks, but by a butt, all by an awl., 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 17 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 4th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 'Pr. 6d'--Lower right corner., Three columns of verse below image: That B--g is an admiral all the world knows ... The last four lines of verse are a quotation from Hudibras., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Guns: cannons -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 -- Captain Arthur Gardiner --2nd Earl of Effingham -- Captain Parry -- Captain John Amherst -- Captain Baird -- Captain Noel., and Removed from Minto Wilson mat.
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The Lord Mayor of London and aldermen deliver a petition for an inquiry into the loss of Minorca and are met with evasive responses from courtiers or ministers; Hanoverian mercenaries are confronted by three countrymen who complain at the absence of a local militia which they blame on landowners' fear for their game ('hares & partridges'). On the left, Admiral Byng, in fetters, addresses his court martial."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca ... and English Lion dismembered
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Batlle of Minorca, 20 May 1756 -- Reference to Oswego and Nova Scotia -- British Lion -- Military uniforms: Hanoverians -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Sllingsby Bethell, Lord Mayor of London., and Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Military uniforms, and Roosters
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The Lord Mayor of London and aldermen deliver a petition for an inquiry into the loss of Minorca and are met with evasive responses from courtiers or ministers; Hanoverian mercenaries are confronted by three countrymen who complain at the absence of a local militia which they blame on landowners' fear for their game ('hares & partridges'). On the left, Admiral Byng, in fetters, addresses his court martial."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca and English Lion dismembered
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date from British Museum catalogue., Following imprint: Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Minorca, 20 May 1756 -- Reference to Oswego and Nova Scotia -- British Lion -- Military uniforms: Hanoverians -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Sllingsby Bethell, Lord Mayor of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Military uniforms, and Roosters
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 34. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ineffective conduct of the Seven Years' War. The British lion has lost a foot labelled 'Minorca' and the French cock is tearing up the Union flag; two Frenchman discuss their aim to acquire British colonies in North America as well. The Lord Mayor of London and aldermen deliver a petition for an inquiry into the loss of Minorca and are met with evasive responses from courtiers or ministers; Hanoverian mercenaries are confronted by three countrymen who complain at the absence of a local militia which they blame on landowners' fear for their game ('hares & partridges'). On the left, Admiral Byng, in fetters, addresses his court martial."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
English Lion dismembered and Voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca
Description:
Title engraved below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 3547 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published in 1756; see British Museum catalogue., "Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster"--Following imprint., and On leaf 34 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Subject (Topic):
Flags, British, Lions, Roosters, Petitions, and Shackles
