Cartoon on the regency of Surlet de Chokier, 1831, Le Berger devenu Roi. - Partage du gateau (title on object), Cartoon on the regency of Surlet de Chokier and his ministers. Surlet de Chokier was appointed regent of Belgium on February 24, 1831. The regent and his ministers are depicted as animals. Surlet de Chokier standing in front of his throne as a sheep, on the right his adjutant Rogier as a fox. On the left a kneeling dog (Plaisant, chief of police), a donkey (Van der Linden), a duck (De Coppin), a turkey (Gendebien), a peacock (Van de Weyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs), a boar (De

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