"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
"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
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