Dispersion of the Thimble Rig

July 14, 1834

Not on view

This political satire continues the theme of "The Thimble Rig, A Scene from the Derby" (2014.757.5(11)), and shows the break up of the game as Edward John Littleton picks up a small table and hurries away as the police approach. Fellow gamblers at right include Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Melbourne, Lord Brougham, and Lord Althorp. Lord Edward Stanley (who famously condemed the policies of Lord Gray's administration in a parliamentary speech that compared them to a game of Thimble Rig) leads a band of policemen who include the Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Wellington, and Sir Robert Peel (the latter had established London's police force in 1829), accompanied by Daniel O'Connell.

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Title: Dispersion of the Thimble Rig
Series/Portfolio: HB Sketches, No. 330
Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
Subject: Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton (British, 1791–1863)
Subject: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
Subject: Lord John Russell (British, 1792–1878)
Subject: Sir Robert Peel (British, Bury 1788–1850 London)
Subject: Daniel O'Connell (Irish, Cahirciveen, Kerry 1775–1847 Genoa)
Subject: Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle (British, 1790–1866)
Subject: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (British, London 1779–1848 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)
Subject: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (British, Northumberland 1764–1845 Northumberland)
Subject: Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1771–1851)
Subject: Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (British, 1799–1869)
Subject: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1778–1868 Cannes)
Date: July 14, 1834
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 16 15/16 in. (29.7 × 43 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.5(12)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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