Subject (Name): Byng, John, 1704-1757 / Subject (Topic): Flags

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1. Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [1756]
Call Number:: 756.00.00.40
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Britanias pocket pickd by mercenaries, Britanias pocket picked by mercenaries, and Britannia's pocket picked by mercenaries
Description:: Titles etched below each image., Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically., and None of designs recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Mingotti, Regina, 1722-1808.
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character), Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Ammunition, Barrels, Cannons, Crowns, Eagles, Eclipses, Flags, British, Mercenaries (Soldiers), Musical instruments, National emblems, French, German, and Scepters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Brittanias pocket pickd by mercenaries The choice spirits, or, Puffers for Sig Mingotas operas ; Prussia mounting the German Eagle. [graphic]

2. 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].

3. 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 .1+
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 from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Following imprint: Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Batlle 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., and Mounted to 34 x 47 cm.
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].

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, [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].