'Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig', 1834. Creator: John Doyle. # 2751953

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'Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig', 1834. British politicians: 'Agad, here is the Police'; 'I shan't stir a peg'; 'I'll be off'; 'Then so shall I'. Sir Robert Peel, who was prime minister 1834-1835, also founded the Metropolitan Police Service. Thimble-Rig is a gambling game. Satirical cartoon by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1834]

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Creator

John Doyle, attributed to: British; Irish: Artist, caricaturist, painter

Subject

Henry Peter Brougham: British: Lord Chancellor, politician, social scientist, educationist
Sir Robert Peel: British: Politician, Prime Minister
Lord John Russell: British: Politician, First Lord of the Treasury, prime minister
John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer: British: Statesman, politician
Duke of Wellington: British, Irish: General, commander of the British army, statesman, prime minister
Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley: British: Politician, Prime Minister
Ernest Augustus I: British: Soldier, field marshal
Charles Grey: British: Statesman, Prime Minister, politician
Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton: British: Politician
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: British: Prime Minister, politician
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon: British: Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Daniel O'Connell: Irish: Statesman, politician