print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.4000
Title: Object: Byng return'd; or, the Council of Expedients
Description: 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. Etching and engraving
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School/style
Production date: 1756-1757
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 190 millimetres; Width: 294 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The print refers to the political situation surrounding the execution of Admiral Byng on 14 March 1757.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics
Associated names: Representation of: Admiral John Byng; Associated with: Francesco Vanneschi; Representation of: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Representation of: Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; Representation of: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke; Representation of: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Representation of: George Anson, Baron Anson; Representation of: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland; Representation of: Regina Mingotti; Associated with: Harriet Fox Lane; Associated with: Gerlach Adolph, Baron of Munchhausen; Associated with: Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden; Associated with: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford; Associated with: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough; Associated with: Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham; Associated with: William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian; Associated with: Hon. Alexander Hume-Campbell; Associated with: Denzil Onslow; Associated with: George Augustus Selwyn; Associated with: Hon Richard Arundell; Associated with: Wills Hill, 1st Marquis of Downshire; Associated with: Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon; Associated with: Admiral James Young; Associated with: John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont; Associated with: William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham; Associated with: Right Hon Henry Bilson Legge; Associated with: William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney; Associated with: George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend; Associated with: William Beckford; Associated with: Sir John Philipps; Associated with: Sir Henry Erskine; Associated with: Sir George Lee; Associated with: Sir George Hay
Associated events: Associated Event: Execution of Admiral Byng 1757
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4000

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