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1.
A late epistle to Mr. C------d.

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.07.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Late epistle to Mr. Cleveland and Cabin council
Description:
Title from first line of letterpress below image., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford Market in the Strand."--Bottom of sheet., "Pr. 6d."--Bottom of plate., Broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet. Title on etching: Cabin council., Mock paraphrase of Admiral Byng's letter to John Cleveland, Admiralty., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Furnishings: porcelain -- Guns: cannons -- 2nd Earl of Effingham -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
Edwards & Darly
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A late epistle to Mr. C------d.

2.
Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].

Published / Created:
1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.34
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bing's turn to ride and Byng's turn to ride
Description:
Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Title of center design assigned by cataloger from the original. See Stephens 3369., Title of bottom design assigned by cataloger., Top and center designs are copies of, from top, Nos. 3370 and 3369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Bottom design not recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca, 20 may 1756 -- Trials: Admiral Byng sentenced by court-martial to death for neglect of duty, 27 Janaury 1757 -- Allusion to the loss of Minorca.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].

3.
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].

4.
Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles etched above images., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Sticks: wand -- Bag of secret service money -- Newcastle's bribery, 1756 -- Parliament: corruption of Parliament by Newcastle -- Newcastle Administration -- Allusion to William, Baron Blakeney, 1672-1761 -- Interiors: forge -- Tools: farrier's tools -- Forgery: Admiral Byng as victim of forgery -- Trials: allusion to Admiral Byng's court-martial for neglect of duty -- Money for Hanover -- Addresses: subsidiary treaties -- Scales: weighing addresses against money -- Taxes: 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bribery, Forge shops, Scales, Fools' caps, and Money
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bribery A m-n-l forge ; The two guardians. [graphic]

5.
Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.40
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:
Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]

6.
Bung triumphant [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.06.00.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the public reaction to Admiral Byng's withdrawal from the defence of Minorca."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Byng triumphant
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 32 x 20 cm, on sheet 34 x 22 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Minorca (Spain)
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Wesley, John, 1703-1791, and La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756
Subject (Topic):
History, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), and Memorial arches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bung triumphant [graphic].

7.
Bungs last effort, or, The brave soldier out witted the cowardly sailor [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.09.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Brave soldier out witted the cowardly sailor, Brave soldier outwitted the cowardly sailor, and Byng's last effort
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Greenwich Hospital., and Mounted to 18 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bungs last effort, or, The brave soldier out witted the cowardly sailor [graphic].

8.
Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.07.31.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the ministerial changes and payments made to out-going ministers; Admiral Byng is shown in chains holding the dispatches referring to his withdrawal from action at Minorca; Earl Sandwich concerns himself only with opera and theatre."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Council of expedients and Byng returned
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse below image: The quacks of government who sate at the unregarded helm of the state ..., Temporary local subject terms: Trials: court-martial of Admiral Byng -- Reference to the Battle of Minorca, 20 May 1756 -- Fetters -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., Watermark., and Mounted, for further information consult staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Minorca (Spain)
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Byng, John, 1704-1757, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
History, Shackles, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Byng return'd, or, The council of expedients [graphic].

9.
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].

10.
Cog-it & nummi's petition [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].

11.
Cowardice rewarded, or, The devil will have his due [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, [1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Devil will have his due
Description:
Title from item., At the bottom of design: 'Price 6d.', and Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Mars -- Mythology: Neptune -- Personifications: figure of Justice -- Devil.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cowardice rewarded, or, The devil will have his due [graphic].

12.
Merit and demerit made conspicuous, or, The pillers of the publick prov'd [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.07.27.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Merit and demerit made conspicuous, or, The pillers of the publick prov'd [graphic].

13.
Now and then [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].

14.
Orator Humbug to Admiral Bungy [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 November 1756]
Call Number:
756.11.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
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
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Henley, John, 1692-1756
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Orator Humbug to Admiral Bungy [graphic].

15.
The Council of War in 1756 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1756]
Call Number:
756.05.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Bertie, Robert, Lord, 1721-1782, and Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Council of War in 1756 [graphic].

16.
The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.06 .1+
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:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

17.
The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [1756]
Call Number:
756.00.00.06.2+
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:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

18.
The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca

Published / Created:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The English Lion dismember'd, or, The voice of the public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca, with Adl. B--g's plea before his examiners [graphic].

19.
The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[9 September 1756]
Call Number:
756.09.09.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Soldiers' uniforms -- General Evening Post -- Bills & petitions: address from the City of London on the loss of Minorca -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry VIII, 2.353-59 -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet i.5.9 -- Reference to Greenwich., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sepr. 9, 1756, to be had at the Lyon near St. Paul's
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Newspapers, and Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Greenwich farce as acted by a renowned admiral and other great personages. [graphic]

20.
The apparition [graphic].

Published / Created:
[14 August 1756]
Call Number:
756.08.14.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Admiral Byng; Byng, in fetters, is visited by the ghost of his father, the naval hero George Byng, Viscount Torrington, who harangues him in verse; on a table are books lettered "Spanish Armada" and "Matthews and Lestock"; on the wall behind the figures are two pictures, one in which Byng addresses the Duke of Newcastle, "Pray your Grace let me be sent", and the other in which a figure of Justice points to a mob carrying an effigy of Byng, labelled "I Could not Fight", towards a gallows at the foot of which lies a sheet of paper lettered, "Gazetta B[yng']s Letter Lyes and Nonsence"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, above verses., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two columns of verse below title: Oh, thou whose timid cow'ring heart, by low born fear's betray'd ..., Temporary local subject terms: Personfications: figure of Justice., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 35 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Aug. 14, 1756, by J. Smith at Hogarth's Head, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Shackles, Justice, Gallows, and Effigies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The apparition [graphic].