print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.4048
Title: Object: Female Court Martial
Description: Satire on Admiral Byng's court martial in the form of a burlesque trial for adultery of a fashionably-dressed lady; the "Prisoner" stands at the end of a table around which other ladies sit in judgement, their comments parodying those made in defence of Byng; at the far end of the table the "Judge Advocate" presides over the court from a high chair beneath a coat of arms with three hearts supported by cupids; to the left, other ladies, one of whom holds a book lettered "Cases of Adultery & Fornication". 1757 Etching
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Production date: 1757
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 355 millimetres; Width: 245 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Stephens suggests the attribution to Boitard and the style and figure types are clearly his. Stephens identifies several of those represented (see Inscription) in his account of BMSat 3568.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Admiral John Byng; Representation of: Caroline Stanhope, Countess of Harrington; Representation of: Lucy van Nassau van Zuylestein, Countess of Rochford; Representation of: Frances Anne Vane, Viscountess Vane; Representation of: Mrs Naylor; Representation of: Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston; Representation of: Margaret Woffington; Representation of: Fanny Murray
Associated events: Associated Event: Execution of Admiral Byng 1757
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4048

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