Graf kelder der verongelukte actionisten [graphic].

Description

Title: Graf kelder der verongelukte actionisten [graphic].
Published / Created: [1720]
Publication Place: Netherlands?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Dutch broadside on the South Sea Bubble and other investment schemes of 1720; with an engraving and an etching, in the centre an engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes; this image framed with an etching with a decorative border with Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages; with engraved title and inscriptions, and with letterpress title, verses and a list of the schemes in five columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved within image.
Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Tomb of the ruined stockholders.
Publication date from book in which this print was published.
Four columns of letterpress verse in Dutch below plate, titled "Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen ..."
Plate 1 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
Watermark.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 29.5 x 18.8 cm, on sheet 47 x 32 cm
Language: Dutch

Genre: Satires (Visual works) Netherlands 1720
Etchings Netherlands 1720
Engravings Netherlands 1720
Book illustrations
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Subjects: South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Netherlands > 1720

Access: Public
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