"A broadside on the South Sea Bubble, likening the speculation frenzy to allegorical scenes on the mutability of earthly goods and pleasures; with an etching showing five scenes, in the centre an outdoor scene in a village, under darkened sky a group of various people, including kings, the Pope, rich, and poor, surrounding and staring at a globe showing the South Seas (?) which are suffering from wind storms and fire; at the top left corner a scene on the death of Adonis, at the top right corner a scene of the death of Bacchus, at the bottom left a scene of King Midas sitting at a table with food turning into gold, at the bottom R a scene of a man sitting at a table set with money, jewellery and other valuables, at his R a skeleton taking his hand; with engraved title and verses in four columns. (n.p.: [1720])"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Large oval design in center surrounded by four smaller designs, one in each corner of the plate. Six columns of verse, two on either side of the central design and two below it: De jonkheid op het vrouw'lyk schoon, in hete minne-brand onsteken ..., Plate 68 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Directress of the decayed stock-regiments and particularly of natural law's shares., Plate numbered '4' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this state., Two columns of verse below image: Vrow Directrice, in 't los gewaad ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to John Law, 1671-1729 -- Dutch female costume., and Mounted to 31 x 18 cm.
Title engraved at top of image., Earlier state (1640?): H. Focken excu., Eight columns of text in Dutch below image: Aenden nieus-gierigen leser. Onlangs met sekeren vrint tot Haerlem zynde ..., Plate 76 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Jesters: jester's cap.
Arc memorial dressé au lieu de l'enterrement des actionistes consumés
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Title engraved below image., Four columns of verse in Dutch on the left below image: De narrekap, die god merkuur door wind-negotie heeft gedrágen ..., Four columns of text in French on the right below image: Après que la tempête des actions est passée, Pallas ôte de bonne heure ..., Plate 59 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
"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
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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., and Watermark.
Title engraved above image., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Impressed on one sheet with three columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch within design: De rouw van harlekin is droevig ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Bellows -- Mythology -- Symbols: Mercury's Caduceus -- Harlequin., Watermark., Title translation on verso of mount: Harlequin and Bombario in mourning., and Mounted to 45 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Mercury, and Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch below the design: Het Actiescheepjen , omgeslingerd op de báren ..., Plate 46 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ...?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: South Sea Bubble., Watermark., Mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mounting: The jolting share-ship of Mme. Company and Mr. Bubbles.
Title from text engraved above image., Attributed to P.V.D. Berge in an unverified card catalog record., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., On one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse below image: Schoon de eid'le Hoop nog hoopt, het actie boomtze sterft ..., Plate 49 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., Sheet numbered '49' in pencil in an unidentified hand in upper right corner, recto; mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Title translation on verso of mount: The emanciation and death of the share tree.
Title, place of publication and printmaker from ms. note by George Steevens in his collections of Hogarth prints., Steevens's note mounted below: "Inside of an Opera-House. This plate (which in manner is strongly Hogarthian, and might have suggested to him an idea of the scenery we meet with in "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime") was sold as a performance of our Artist, at Mr. Gulston's Auction, for two pounds four shillings. It was, however, engraved in Holland, with the following inscription at the bottom of it, which had been craftily effaced by some print-dealer for the purposes of deception.--P. Marot fecit, avec Privilege des Etats generaux des provinces unis et d'Holland. W.F.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 22 in volume 1.
Title, place of publication and printmaker from ms. note by George Steevens in his collections of Hogarth prints., Steevens's note mounted below: "Inside of an Opera-House. This plate (which in manner is strongly Hogarthian, and might have suggested to him an idea of the scenery we meet with in "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime") was sold as a performance of our Artist, at Mr. Gulston's Auction, for two pounds four shillings. It was, however, engraved in Holland, with the following inscription at the bottom of it, which had been craftily effaced by some print-dealer for the purposes of deception.--P. Marot fecit, avec Privilege des Etats generaux des provinces unis et d'Holland. W.F.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 22 in volume 1.
