Etching
- Title:
- The English Lion Dismember'd Or the Voice of the Public for an Enquiry...
- Object Name:
- Etching
- Object ID:
- 1971.073.02
- Creator:
- Unknown; Printsellers of London & Westminster
Publisher - Date:
- 1756
- Description:
- Etching [restrike], The English Lion Dismember'd Or the Voice of the Public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca with Adl. B__g's plea before his Examiners, unknown artist, 1756. British Lion with one foot (representing Minorca) cut off by French soldiers, who threaten to cut off two other feet (Nova Scotia and Oswego). English farmers with balloon captions and King George II asking for explanation. Six men in an interior scene at left; one man addressing a table of five men; points to painting on the wall, "B___g's Plea". Gallic rooster tearing apart British flag on ground at right foreground. Titled lower margin: "THE ENGLISH LION DISMEMBER'D / Or the Voice of the Public for an enquiry into the loss of Minorca ~ with Ad. 'l B__g's plea before his Examiners." Bottom line on left in italics: "Published according to Act of Parliament Sold by the Printsellers of London & Westminster." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.6 W-15.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Byng, Admiral John (1704-1757)
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