The dis-card [graphic].

Description

Title: The dis-card [graphic].
Alternative Title: Discard
Published / Created: [1756]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ...
Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare.
Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
Provenance: Maggs; September 1957; From Minto Wilson Collection, with his stamp on verso. Removed from the mat from his collection in 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 212 x 340 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Engravings England London 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Military uniforms
British
Thrones
Eagles
Subjects: William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Byng, John, 1704-1757 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Military uniforms > British
Thrones
Eagles
England > 1756
England > London > 1756
L V G.
Wilson, Minto > Stamp

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