The Greenwich farce, : as acted by a renowned Admiral and other great personages..
[London : s.n.,
1756]
Title from text at foot of design.
Below title: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sepr. 9. 1756. to be had at the Lyon near St. Paul's.
An engraving showing three men; Newcastle, Fox and Lord Anson[?] seated at a table discussing Admiral Byng. Byng with the head of a goat sits at a table surrounded by the Devil and a ghost. On the floor at his feet lies various gear of war.
Concerning the fear of the Newcastle Administration that Admiral Byng would try to save himself by implicating them in the loss of Minorca due to their poor preparations for its defence.
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Byng, John, 1704-1757
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763