Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].

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Title: Bi-g's turn to ride ; [Admiral Byng riding Mr. Fox] ; [Admiral Byng riding the ass] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Bing's turn to ride
Byng's turn to ride
Published / Created: 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Three playing card size designs on one plate, arranged vertically.
Title of center design assigned by cataloger from the original. See Stephens 3369.
Title of bottom design assigned by cataloger.
Top and center designs are copies of, from top, Nos. 3370 and 3369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Bottom design not recorded in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Battles: reference to the Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca, 20 may 1756 -- Trials: Admiral Byng sentenced by court-martial to death for neglect of duty, 27 Janaury 1757 -- Allusion to the loss of Minorca.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 9.6 cm, on sheet 25 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Playing cards
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773
Subjects: Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stone, Andrew, 1703-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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