Dispersion of the Thimble Rig

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Sir Robert Peel|Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux|Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle|Daniel O'Connell|Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland|Thomas McLean|Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton|John Doyle|Lord John Russell

July 14, 1834 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Sir Robert Peel|Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux|Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle|Daniel O'Connell|Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland|Thomas McLean|Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton|John Doyle|Lord John Russell

Date

July 14, 1834

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014