Title etched above image., Plate numbered '27' in upper right corner., Two lines of verse below image: What oratory can do shall be done ..., 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: Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: side table -- Tea service., and Mounted to 18 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Oct. 2d, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
"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
A satirical stroke upon an act that favored something of arbitrary power, whereby the liberty of the common subject was taken away to enhance that of the nobility and gentry
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner., Two columns of verse below image: In fable & in axiom lies, matter invelop'd by the wise ..., Plate from: England's remembrancer ... London, 1756., and Temporary local subject terms: Bills: The Game Act, 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
A satirical print in reference to the Game Act, 1756
Description:
Title from caption at top of image., Plate numbered '35' in upper right corner of image., Two columns of verse below image: In fable & in axiom lies matter invelop'd by the wise ..., 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 16 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 3d, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
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
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
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
Title from first line of text in image., Plate numbered '52' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., and Copy of No. 3429 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Title from first etched line., Plate numbered '52' in upper right corner., 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 18 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Novr. 26, 1756, by Darly & Edwards at the Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
