The shooting of Admiral Byng, on board the Monarque, March 14, 1757 [engraving]
1757
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
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Title
The shooting of Admiral Byng, on board the Monarque, March 14, 1757 [engraving]
Published
[London] : Printed for Thomas Bowles ... and John Bowles and Son ... 1757 March
Description
1 engraving ; 27 x 38 cm. on a sheet 46 x 26 cm.
Call Number
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
Note
The Monarch, formerly the French Monarque which had been captured by Sir Edward Hawke near Finisterre, housed Admiral Byng during the days between the 27 January sentence of the court and his 14 March execution. Byng himself dropped a handkerchief signalling the marines to fire.
For an engraved drawing of the Monarque, see leaf 102v of the present volume.
Letterpress below the image contains the official report (dated March 15) of the event and Byng's final letter to William Brough, Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty. His letter, which he had written to "prevent anything spurious being published that might tend to defame me," concludes, "If my crime is an error in judgment, or differing in opinion from my judges; and if yet, the error in judgment should be on their side, God forgive them, as I do...."
One of four known copies; the others are at the British Library, The National Library of Scotland, and Cornell University.
On leaf 261v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757
For an engraved drawing of the Monarque, see leaf 102v of the present volume.
Letterpress below the image contains the official report (dated March 15) of the event and Byng's final letter to William Brough, Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty. His letter, which he had written to "prevent anything spurious being published that might tend to defame me," concludes, "If my crime is an error in judgment, or differing in opinion from my judges; and if yet, the error in judgment should be on their side, God forgive them, as I do...."
One of four known copies; the others are at the British Library, The National Library of Scotland, and Cornell University.
On leaf 261v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757
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