England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . man of fashion,(a class which, as imitators of French manners, werethemselves unpopular with the mob) and as a greatboaster; and it appears that he was a collector ofchina-ware, which explains one allusion in the metricalversion of his letter given above. In another carica-ture Byng is represented at home and the first compartment he appears in the full garb ofa beau, with the muff, and everyother accessory to that character, ex-claiming gaily, Pray, my lords, letme go, and I 11 pe
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . man of fashion,(a class which, as imitators of French manners, werethemselves unpopular with the mob) and as a greatboaster; and it appears that he was a collector ofchina-ware, which explains one allusion in the metricalversion of his letter given above. In another carica-ture Byng is represented at home and the first compartment he appears in the full garb ofa beau, with the muff, and everyother accessory to that character, ex-claiming gaily, Pray, my lords, letme go, and I 11 perform the side is a parcel of china, withthe inscription the other compartment, Byng abroad is represented in chains,with a halter round his neck, andbeneath him the inscription a LostSheep. In another print, entitledThe Contrast, in which Byng isplaced in disadvantageous contrastwith Blakeney, the fatal halter is again an accessory,and the distich which accompanies it appears to bearallusion to the lost sheep of the former. Tis Britannias doom, heres a halter for B ;. THE BEAU ADMIRAL. As he fought like a sheep, like a dog let him swing. 1756.] CARICATURES ON BYNG. 273 In several other caricatures Byng is representedeither as designed for the gallows, or, at least, as wor-thy of it; and in one, entitled Byng Triumphant,which appears to have been especially popular, theunfortunate Admiral is conducted in a sort of mocktriumph through Temple Bar, on which the emblemsof the traitors fate are fearfully conspicuous, to theplace of execution, hooted and pelted by the at-tendant mob of English, Irish, and Scots, while aFrenchman exclaims in astonishment, Le diable! lamonseur le grand monarque no serva Monsieur Gal-lisoniere so as dese, for sava his fleet. It was the universal opinion, until his character inthis respect was cleared by the court-martial, thatByng had behaved with cowardice; but it was almostas generally believed that he had been treacherou
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