"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?
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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
Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
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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
"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."--Briti...
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Council of expedients and Byng returned
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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
"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
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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
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
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Cogit and nummi's petition
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Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and White's Club (London, England)