Captain Parolles at M-Nden : a rough sketch for the Royal Academy. Most respectfully dedicated to Temple Luttrell, Esq; In Honour of his spirited Speech on the 26th of May last. / By the author of Royal perseverance, Tyranny the worst taxation, Epistle to L-d M-f-d, &c.

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/4219

Imprint

London: printed for J. Bew, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXVIII

Physical Description

28 pages ; 29 cm.

General Note

M-nden = Minden.

With a half-title.

From Half-title page: `Price One Shilling and Sixpense.'

At the foot of page 28: `In the press, and speedily will be published, by the same Author, The Favourite, a Poem. "Is this the gallant, gay Lothario?" Rowe's Fair Penitent.'

Signatures: [A]² B³ C² D² E² F² G².

References

ESTC, T131521

Summary Note

A satire in verse on Lord George Sackville (1716-1785), who as Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet was widely held to be responsible for Britain's loss of its American colonies. 'M-nden' refers to the Battle of Minden (1 August 1759) in which Sackville's conduct had led to his court martial the following year. L-d M-f-d is William Murray, 1st earl of Mansfield (1705-1793).

Name as Subject

George Germain Sackville 1st Viscount
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

Contributors

John Bew, publisher/bookseller
Temple Luttrell, dedicatee