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1. The auction [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.04+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate line., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of quotation below title: 'Tis application makes the ass. Gay., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn in the Strand [i.e. Edwards & Darly]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction [graphic].
2. The auction 1756 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Plate numbered '81' in upper left corner., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, and 1759. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1760?]., and Reduced and reversed copy of No. 3467 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction 1756 [graphic].
3. The auction [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.04+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate line., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., One line of quotation below title: 'Tis application makes the ass. Gay., Subjects identified below image and dated "Anno 1756" in two different hands., Watermark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23 x 31 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- To be had at the Acorn in the Strand [i.e. Edwards & Darly]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mahón (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, and Byng, John, 1704-1757
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The auction [graphic].
4. 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].
- 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].
5. 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].
6. 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].
7. 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]
8. Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]
- 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]
9. The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frightens his nurse [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.52
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Boy frightens his nurse
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frightens his nurse [graphic].
10. The eaters [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.83
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched above image., Satire on William Hogarth, 1697-1764., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility., Six lines of verse below image: Window, wheels, house & churches, where [sic] to them as geese & turkeys ..., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The eaters [graphic]
11. 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].
12. 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].
13. 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.
14. 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].
15. 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].
16. 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].
17. 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].
18. 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]
19. The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frighten's his nurse [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [20 October 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.10.20.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Boy frightens his nurse
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Plate numbered '20' in upper right corner., Four lines of verse below image: How varied are the turns of fickle chance call'd fate, Bung [sic] was obnoxious till he pamphleteer'd of late ..., Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757]., Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Minorca, Port Mahon, 20 May 1756., and Mounted to 17 x 31 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act Oct. 20th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Byng, John, 1704-1757, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The way the cat jumps, or, The boy frighten's his nurse [graphic].
20. 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].