Dispersion of the Thimble Rig

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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.

Dispersion of the Thimble Rig, John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London), Lithograph

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