The Thimble Rig!
Artwork Details
- Title: The Thimble Rig!
- Series/Portfolio: HB Sketches, No. 593
- Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
- Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
- Lithographer: Alfred Ducôte (British, active 1830–40)
- Subject: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
- Subject: Sir Robert Peel (British, Bury 1788–1850 London)
- Subject: Lord John Russell (British, 1792–1878)
- Subject: Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (British, Whitby, Yorkshire 1797–1863 London)
- 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: George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (British, 1802–1864)
- Subject: Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (British, 1799–1869)
- Date: June 5, 1839
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (30 × 38.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.757.5(46)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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