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19.
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].

20.
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].

21.
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].

22.
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].

23.
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].

24.
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].

25.
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]

26.
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].

27.
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].