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1. 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].
2. 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].
3. Ursa major, or, The old city bear [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.89
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Old city bear
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Buildings: church in the Ward of Bow., and Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 14.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Minorca (Spain)
- Subject (Name):
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Barnard, John, 1681-1770, and Bethel, Slingsby, 1695-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Churches, and Bears
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ursa major, or, The old city bear [graphic].
