'Swing Caught at Last', 1835. Creator: John Doyle. # 2751957

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'Swing Caught at Last', 1835. Former Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham stands in the dock, as Sir Robert Peel explains his crime of 'incendiarism' to 'judge' King William IV. On the right is the Duke of Wellington. Satirical cartoon on British politics by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1835]

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People Information

Creator

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

Subject

Henry Peter Brougham: British: Lord Chancellor, politician, social scientist, educationist
Edward Bulwer-Lytton: English, British: novelist, poet, playwright, and politician
Sir Robert Peel: British: Politician, Prime Minister
Duke of Wellington: British, Irish: General, commander of the British army, statesman, prime minister
King William IV: English: King of Great Britain and Ireland

People Related

Thomas McLean: British: Publisher and dealer
Ducote & Stephens: : Lithographer, lithographers, printmaker, printmakers, printers, printer, printing house