[The South Sea scheme] [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[between 1768 and 1779]eng"Satire on the financial scandal of the South Sea Bubble; a composite scene in the City of London identified by the Guildhall, St Paul's Cathedral and the Monument (its inscription changed to record the destruction of the city by the South Sea); a crowd is gathered around a merry-go-round (on which ride a prostitute, a clergyman, a shoe-black, an old crone and a Scottish nobleman); to left, the Devil hacks the limbs of Fortune, while religious leaders (both Anglican and Jewish) play at pitch and hustle; to right, emblematic figures of Honour and Honesty are beaten by Self-Interest and Villainy, and Trade sleeps."--British Museum online catalogueTitle and state from Paulson.Date range for publication based on publisher's street address. John Bowles gave his address as 13 Cornhill between 1768 and 1779; see British Museum online catalogue.Verses below image: See here [the] causes why in London, so many men are made, & undone .... Guess at the rest you find out more.Price erased in state 5 and new publication line added in state 7.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.On page 8 in volume 1.