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1. 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, [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].

2. 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].

3. 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].

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:: 756.00.00.06.2+
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].

5. 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].

6. 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].

7. 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].

8. 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].

9. 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].