"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 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 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