Title from text etched above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Night singer of shares with his magic lantern., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '2'., Text burnished from plate between image and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: 't wind-luchtig bulken, blaasen, gaapen, zyn tanden braaf te laaten zien ..., and Mounted to 26 x 19 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Picture of the very famous Island of Madhead., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse below image: Deez' Schets vertoond het vreemd gewest Van Gekskop, 't geen men op het lest ..., Plate 3 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Watermark., and Mounted to 37 x 34 cm.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Three columns of verse in Dutch below image: Een Actie-Heer, die d'Actie-Wind Had by Scheeps-ladings ingeslágen ..., Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part., and Title translation on verso: Anatomy of the trade wind, or, Bombardio for the Devil.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: April card, or, Momus's game at cards after the newest fashion., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Fifty four images of playing cards in six rows, begining with the king of hearts in the upper left corner and ending with a card engraved with the title in the lower right corner. Each image is 8.4 x 4.8 cm., Plate 8 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark: Strasburg bend in the lower part of sheet, countermark N in the upper part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Harlequin stockholder., State with festoons comprised of a pair of bellows, human mask, a cheese and fruit, as described by Stephens., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Plate 25 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse in Dutch added below plate in an unidentified contemporary hand: Wat moet wen niet ..., Watermark., and Mounted to 46 x 28 cm.
Uitlegginge der tytelplaat voor arlequyn actionist
Description:
Title in letterpress above image., State with festoons comprised of a pair of bellows, human mask, a cheese and fruit; additional title in letterpress above plate line, as described in Stephens., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Six stanzas of verse in three columns in letterpress below plate: Ziet hoe dat deeze actienbaazen, agter het tooneelgordyn ..., Plate 26 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Mounted to 47 x 31 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate 19 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Two columns of text in Dutch in lower left of the image: Actieuse papiere atlas naar de mode met zyn na-sleep, of t[sic] Kegelspel des klynen tds ..., Two columns of text in French in lower right of the image: L'Atlas actieux de papier à la mode, avec ses complices et le jeu de quille du petit tems ..., Two lines of text in Dutch on either side of title: Verklaaring van 't Tafereeltje ..., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in English on left below image: Here, may the wand[e]ring eye with pleasure see Both knaves and foolls [sic] in borrow[e]d shapes agree ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch on right below image: Hier kan 't Nieuwsgierig oog met Lust en ruymte weyen ..., Plate 14 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: assembly room., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., One line of text below image: Alwaar de Ziel zig aan de Geldzugt heeft gegéven ..., Five columns of verse in Dutch at top of image, below title: Het heilloos goud, van elk dienstplegtig aangebeden ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen -- Greed for gold., and Title translation in an unverified card catalog record: Speculation on the gold-greedy world at the beginning of the destruction of commercial affairs.
"Satire on the financial crisis in 1720, the print is No.1 in a series of eight prints. A cartouche, enclosing a view of a tomb or monument before which stand Aesop, with a fox and holding a parrot and a pipe, and Bombario with a pedlar's tray holding a flask and allowing his hunchback to be used by a well-dressed man as a writing desk; a monkey plays on a pipe at his feet. On the tomb is an inscription 'Het na-geslecht zal dit/ Voor Fablen houwen/ En tot Esopus eer, een/ Graf naald bouwen' (Posterity will take this as a fable, and will build a tomb in honour of Aesop). The cartouche is supported by a satyr, whose name is given at the top on a ribbon as "Oorblasers Baas" (Chief of the Ear-blowers, or liars), his head peers over the top of the cartouche and he blows bubbles, some bearing images of ears; on his head is a basket with little figures of men and women who will appear in subsequent prints in the series. At the top of the cartouche are pan-pipes, on the left, and a hunting horn, on the right; at the bottom between the satyr's goat legs is the date, 1720."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Title translation in the British Museum catalogue: Bombario the share jobber and the ghost of Esop., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '1' within the image., Earlier design burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Two columns of verse at top of image on either side of the design: 1 Bombario treed in gesprek Met broer 2 Esopus Geest zy kaller ..., Temporary local subject terms: South Sea Bubble., and Mounted to 26 x 19 cm.
Title from texted 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., "Pag.14."--Upper left corner of plate., Four lines of verse below image: Al wie zyn maag te veel met d'Acties heeft belaân ..., Plate 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., Numbered '45' in pencil in an unidentified hand., and Title translation on verso of mount: Spring water as medicine for the ill shareholder; mounted to 46 x 33 cm.
Title from item., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Later version of the design by Peter Brueghel the Elder., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720 and Medical procedures & techniques
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Controller of the fortunate and miserable Lapis-seekers or searchers for the Philosopher's Stone., Plate numbered '8' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this state., Ten lines of verse below image: Men eyst miljoenen van elk schatryk actionist ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to John Law, 1671-1729., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The end of the stock-world., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Traces of earlier text burnished from plate visible at bottom center of image., Sixteen lines of verse in six columns in Dutch below the image: Wie dat verwaand te hoog wil vliegen ..., Plate 16 in: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark in the left part of sheet.
Title from caption above engraved text., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Vrouw fama, bézig met de meerman te bekranssen ..., 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 -- Mythology: mermen -- Mercury -- Holland as as windmill -- Neptune -- Mermaids., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part.
Caption title from poem inscribed below image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Chevalier of the Golden Calf, or, Captain of the early and late time of slaughtering in procession to the Oracle of Delphos., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse below title: 'k Schoot menig vogel mis, 'k heb ook schaars wild gevangen ..., Plate 67 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... . [Netherlands?], 1720, v.1., Mounted to 45 x 35 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The defeated stock-jobber seated in the chair with jingles, having been ridden over by the laureated horse of Troy., Four columns of verse below image: 1. Helaas! de Zuid! de Zuid! ..., Plate 38 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The Babel Tower of the confused stock jobbers., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: 1. Zie Lauw in 't reek'nen uitgeleerd ..., and Plate 57 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Plate with image is impressed above the plate with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: Hier zieje klaar voor d'Actionisten vianens tolpoort afgebeelt ..., Plates numbered 39 in: 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 lower part of sheet, countermark N in the upper part.
Windvangers, die door wind, verliezen geld en goed, bederven vrouw en kind
Description:
Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The wind buyers, or, wind catchers who, for wind, lose money and goods and ruin their wives and children., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below image: Gy die in bubbels, bank en zuid, uw geld, verstand, en tyd verbruit ..., Plate 15 in: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Watermark., and Mounted to 44 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below title: Nu de Actieramp heeft uytgerwoet ..., Plate 79 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: countermark WVB .
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The South Sea Company, having risen to the top by wind, now laments her loss with a rueful aspect., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate with image is impressed above a second plate (plate mark 15.7 x 30.5 cm) with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: De bange Zuidzé Compagnie, Met 't Vrouwebeeld[j?]en aangewézen ..., Plates 39 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part.
Title from banner at top of 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 one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch engraved below design: De bubbel jongen die zyn schatten heest verspild ..., Plate 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., Mounted to 47 x 32 cm., and Title translation on verso of mount: The bubble boy hunting.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Eclipse of the Southern Sun puts many a place in darkness, as occasioned by the unpolitic Moon., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Three columns of verse in French titled "L'actieux souflet et le genie d'Erasme ...", below the verse in Dutch: 1. La Fraude est arrivée la premiere en Hollande ..., Plate 29 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Watermark., and Mounted to 44 x 35 cm.
"A broadside satirising share traders; with an etching showing five scenes relating to stock holders and traders, in the centre an image of the interior of a coffee house with various people dealing papers; with engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, and verses in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grosse Versammel-Platz der Wind Verkäuffer A. 1720
Description:
Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The great gathering place of the wind dealers in the year 1720., Large image in center of sheet and four smaller designs, two on each side. Each smaller design has seven lines of verse below it., Four columns of verse in Dutch below the image in the center: De Zamel-plaats der Actie-Héren ..., Plate 41 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark.
Title from caption at the top of the image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Fancy, the ruler of the Guild of Smoke-Sellers, paints here Mississippi, which wastes France's treasures., Plate with image is impressed above the plate with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: De inbeelding maald hier schoon van schyn Het Missisippi, dog met verven ..., Plate 42 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the lower part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the upper part.
A satire on the Mississippie Company and other financial bubbles of 1720
Description:
Title in letterpress, above image., Two columns of verse in Dutch on either side of the image: Het hoofd der koopmanschap van wind, of de inventeur der dolligheden ..., Mounted to 35 x 44 cm., and Watermark: 174[2?]
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The shop of the stock boys gives pleasure and sorrow in stealing., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Verklaaring ope de Print door Philadelphus., Plate 22 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the upper portion of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower portion.
Title from caption preceding text, below the image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Two columns of verse in Dutch below title: Loop! Actie-nar loop aan (als of gy om een duit Een been zoud' koopen) naar die Bes-en Wortel buit ..., Plate 54 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., Mounted to 44 x 35 cm., and Watermark.
"A reversed copy of a broadside on the South Sea Bubble, satirrising various investment schemes of 1720; with an etching showing an outdoor, stage-like setting, in the centre a gentleman holding his hat in his R hand and a cane in his left hand, proabably representing the Mississippi Company, above him a scroll supsended from two balloons labelled West and East, on the left another man, representing John Law, pouring money into a money chest, in the background the sea with various stationary ships; with engraved title, inscriptions, and verses in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Law laughing, the shareholders mourning and Mercury entreating., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch engraved below title: K'moet laggen zeker waar als ik myn schat aanzie ..., Plate 85 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Mounted to 45 x 36 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Three columns of verse below image: Indien 't dan langer niet wil lúkken ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the East Indies., and Title translation on verso: The foolish shareholders from the East Indies, near Vianen.
Title and verse in letterpress., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The useful and useless merchants., Motto at top of image: Virtute et probitate., One line of text in Dutch above image: Openbaring XVIII: 2. De Kooplieden der Aarden zullen weene en Rouw maaken ..., Key to numbers within image at bottom of plate., Two columns of verse in Dutch in letterpress below title: Geldzuchtig Koopman, nu, wel aan, De weg, dien gy hebt in te slaan ... Filip Piek., and Plate 79 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The bedizened shareholders shown during their honour and influence., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch engraved below image: Daar eider Scherst en lagt and spot En scheld op de Actie-handeláren ..., Plate 62 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Mounted to 46 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The falsely-fair Share-Sphinx springs down from the high rocks., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Een zieke speugt hier de Acties weer, Waar meê zyn maag was overláden ..., and Plate 71 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title in letterpress above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The dying bubble lord in the lap of Madame Company., Later state, without printmaker's name and with changes within the image. Cf. No. 1447 in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., On one sheet with two columns of letterpress., Plate 75 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis in the right part of sheet, countermark I V in the left part.
Title in letterpress at top of sheet., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Impressed on sheet with five columns of letterpress., Two lines of verse in Dutch at bottom of design: De Actie Valk, die uit ging vliegen om te strópen ..., Plate 60 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: Hawks -- Owls., Watermark., and Title translation on verso of mount: The marauding stock-hawk on the neck, and the bubble-rat under the claw of the owl. Mounted to 46 x 33 cm.
Title from item., Three columns of verse in Dutch below title: Dit liefde-staaltje van 't naakte actie-volk te dekken ..., and Plate 7 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Title from item., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Alden bruy is 't in 't rumoer, Burger, Koopman, hoer en boer ..., Plate 37 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 in the left part of sheet., and Title translation on verso: The ruinous shareholder restored through his triumph over Harlequin.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The wind buyers paid in wind, or, Those who are last will remain hanging on., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below image: Kom heeren, wevers, boeren, snyers ..., Plate 11 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the lower part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The actions and designs of the world go round as if in a mill., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: De Waereld loopt als in een [s?]oes; Bombario, de zwarte droes ... Philadelphus., and Plate 65 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
"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
Description:
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
Description:
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
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., 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.
Wie redeneeren wil is mis. Men vind de Lapis by de gis
Description:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Fair of the wholesale wind-pedlar., State with verse in Dutch and its paraphrase in French., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below title: Wind is 't begin, wind is het end, Myn kussen en myn fondement ..., Two columns of verse in French below the verse in Dutch: Le vent est mon tresor, coussin et fondement ..., Plate 13 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 31 cm., and Watermark.
"Satire on the financial crisis in 1720 with two plates one framing the other. In the centre an etching showing a nymph (Pecunia) and a satyr embracing underneath a palm tree, on the left clouds and wind, on the right coins dropping from the sky, in the foreground, a dish of horse droppings wrapped in gold foil (according to the verse description), a mariner's compass lettered "West" and "Zuid" and papers referring ominously to the financial situation in the coming year. The frame consists of strapwork peopled by callot figures: at the top a civet-cat peers over a cartouche lettered with the title, on either side is draped the cloak of a fool covered with hawks' bells; on the left, at the top, hangs a pair of skates, below this a young dwarf leans out of a window raising his hand to throw a stone, and below him is a large fan of feathers; on the right, at the top, hangs a pair of fur mittens, below this a dwarf looks out of a window blowing his fingers to warm them, and below him hangs a horse-collar (?) decorated with two eagles' heads; at the bottom, a dwarf wearing a fur cap sits in a sledge propelling himself with a stick, beside him, to left, lies a large bundle of twigs and an axe, and, to right, a spade and pick-axe. Engraved Dutch titles, inscriptions, and verses in two columns alluding to the Scotch trader (i.e., John Law)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The keepsake of January which, because of the new golden age, was transformed in horse-figs : New-Year's gift perfumed by the musk of fools' horses and dedicated to Pecunia, Goddess of Money, by the Prince of Stocks, or Viceroy of Plutus, nourishing his ill-placed love in a new hiding-place., Four columns of verse in Dutch above and below the smaller plate: Geen beter Gift in 't Niewe Jaar Was ooit voor 't Actie volk te vinden ..., Plate 82 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark.
"Satire on the financial crisis in 1720. Law is mounted on a braying ass hung about with bags of money and a chest labelled "Bombarioos Geld Kist 1720"; he holds a flag labelled, "Ik koom ik koom Dulcinia" in reference to the lady in Don Quixote. A devil squirts a clyster-pipe into the mouth of the donkey which is dragged by chains from a metal collar, towards the Quinquenpoix coffee-house whose keeper is Dulcinea; the crowd includes a Jew, a sailor and working men as well as merchants. Behind Law sits a devil who holds up the ass's tail while it voids shares and paper money which a mixed crowd runs forward to grab; another devil wearing a fool's cap and carrying a scouge hovers above. Beside the ass, Bombario as Sancho Panza, wearing a robe decorated with fish-hooks and with a quill behind his ear, is perched on a large toad or frog; he hands a bag of money to Law. In the foreground, to left, a group of objects connected with worthwhile trade have been kicked aside: the caduceus of Mercury, ledgers, a portable desk, coins, papers, a bale, barrel and roll of tobacco. In the background, ships sail on the South Sea. Engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, and verses in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Law, like another Don Quixote, sits on Sancho's ass, being every one's fool., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch engraved below image: Dulcinia en 't Actie Roth, Verzoekt den Lawen Don-Quichot ..., Plate 43 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Watermark., and Mounted to 34 x 43 cm.
Title inscribed in frame above image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Inscription in French on oval ribbon framing the image: Sa mathematique est l'epreuve. Sort, tu nous es dubieux au bout ..., Six lines of verse in Dutch below image: Ik speel voor man en wyf, als onbestuve weew ..., Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 43 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.
"A broadside satirising the share trade mania and the collapse of the Mississippi investment scheme; with an etching showing five scenes, the central image with a view onto the Mississippi river, in the foreground a group of European settlers talking to two American Indians, at the top left a roundel with an image showing the lying-in-state of Louis XIV, the top right image showing John Law presenting his investment scheme to the Duke of Orleans, the lower left image shows an opulent interior with bags of coins being wheeled in, the lower right image depicts an interior with a gentleman seating on a chair and lamenting, two children and two women quarelling and crying; with engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, numbering 1-4, and with letterpress title and verses, including a key to the images, in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nieuwe volkplanting om wind
Description:
Title from item., Title in letterpress at top of sheet. Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Mississippi, or, The world-famous Goldland in the fancy of the Wind-trade., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Caption below the image: Fümüs gloria mündi., Two columns of verse in letterpress below plate: Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi land besaamd door zynen actiehandel ..., Plate 5 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Mounted to 44 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
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Title from item., State with a figure of a man sprawled on two chairs in the lower left corner and the words "Trans port" engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 34 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in French in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., and Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in Dutch in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ...
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
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Title from item., State with a figure of a weeping woman sitting on a chair next to a table in the lower left corner and the words "Procuration pour Hoorn &c." engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 35 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in French in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in Dutch in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ..., and Watermark: countermark DP (monogram) in the right part of sheet.
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
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Title from item., State with a figure of a weeping woman sitting on a chair next to a stone plinth engraved with verse in French and Dutch in the lower left corner of image and the words "Procuration pour Hoorn &c." engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 36 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse in French followed by sixteen lines of text in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., and Six lines of verse in Dutch followed by sixteen lines of text in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ...
"A Portrait of John Law of Lauriston, Financier, Promoter of the Mississippi Scheme."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved below image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four lines of verse in French in two columns below title: Sous l'auguste et sage regence d'un prince aimant la bonne foy ..., Plate 10 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 30 cm., and Five lines of description in Dutch added below plate in an unidentified hand.
Title etched above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Natural stock doctor, or, Bubbling bubble master., Publication date from Stephens., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '3' within image., Earlier text burnished from plate between image and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Heb niet veel muts op dese bol: Hy schynt geheel de gek te scheeren ..., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Boaster covered (with armour?) who has escaped., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Eight lines of verse below image: Geen beter dek-tuig, als het geen natuur ons geest ..., Plate numbered '7' within the image., and Mounted to 23 x 18 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The rising and falling of the share-dealers., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Seven columns of verse below design: Zie hier een arm Gezel wel eêr Berooft van Geld, en goed, en haven ..., and Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Rise, middle, and no-end of the crafty John Law., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below central design: Nu Lauw ziet dat de Goude schyven ..., Plate 9 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Pasquin's wind cards of the wind trade in the year 1720., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., One of two plates depicting a set of 54 playing cards., Twenty seven images of playing cards in three rows, begining with the king of clubs in the upper left corner and ending with the card engraved with the title in the lower right corner. Each image is 8.4 x 4.8 cm., and Part of plate 15 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Quinquempoix destroyed., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Law, die vry warm vry heet van kruin ..., Plate 28 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in lower part.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate 21 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Dus ziet gy Quinquenpoix verbeeld ..., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title from item., Subtitle on oval frame surrounding the likeness of John Law., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in French below image: Sous l'auguste et sage Regence ..., Plate 2 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 43 x 27 cm., mounted again to 46 x 30 cm.
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Rector Magnificus of the un-actioned (shareless) literature., Plate numbered '6' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Ten lines of verse below image: Wat eew is 't nu, helpt ook bazuinen of or eeren! ..., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch scholars., and Mounted to 23 x 17 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: List of all the prints on the selling of shares in 1720., Plate 61 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark: grapes.
Title in letterpress below plate., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Princesse Quincampoix, gelyk een kermis-pop, zit hier te pryk ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., Mounted to 43 x 32 cm., and Title translation on verso of the mounting sheet: A false show.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Mirror for the reason of the despairing stock brokers., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Impressed on one sheet with three columns of letterpress., Plate 60 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... . [Netherlands?], 1720, v. 1., Mounted to 46 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., "Pag:48."--Upper left corner of plate., On one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch below title: Het mikken is vergeess zo lang mijn Jagerin ..., Probably plate 48 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?, and Watermark:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Magic card, or, Remedy for the wind-breaking of the South and West Wind and the departure of Cartouche., Plate 24 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Mounted to 47 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
BEIN 2017 896: Cut into 18 cards (10 x 6 cm). In hand-made slipcase. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection. Accompanied by typewritten description and 9 additional cards depicting the same illustrations, but with two images (i.e A and B, C and D, etc.) separated by a diagonal line, on each card (Plate 74 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.)., Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Magic card, or, Remedy for the wind-breaking of the South-west and the departure of Cartouche., Eighteen images in form of playing cards in rows of six, numbered from 'A' in upper left to 'S' in lower right corner. Each design 9.8 x 5.8 cm., and Plate 23 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
An engraved title page produced by means of two plates, one enclosing the other
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Attribution to Berge from an unverified card catalog record., Title from text in banner in the center of the image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Title-print of the stock-shop, or, Court of Quinquenpoix., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Two lines of verse in Dutch at the bottom of the smaller plate: De gote projecteur der Kopmanschap van wind ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch below design at the bottom of the larger plate: Aanschoúwer sta met aandagt stil ..., Plate 9 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., State without printmaker's name on plate. Cf. No. 1644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Mounted to 45 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Title translated in British Museum catalogue as: Shrove tide's wreath of joy and the drama., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Twenty-two lines of verse above and below the smaller plate: De Vasten Avond praald met veele Maskeraaden ..., Five lines of text titled "Raad voor Jan Law" below verse: Ik raad u Actie-prins ..., Additional lines of verse engraved vertically on either side of smaller plate and at top and bottom of the larger plate., Traces of earlier text burnished from the bottom of the larger plate visible under caption of this edition., and Plate 6 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Drinking cup, beaker, of Fi-âne or Vianen : second scene of Esop's Ghost., Spelling of the first word of title varies in Stephens., Plate numbered '5' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., Ten lines of verse below image: Geen beter middel, als dit hooglands Nectar-vogt ..., and Mounted to 27 x 17 cm.
Title from item., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Gy arme bubbeltjes, wel, wel ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Apollo -- Jesters -- Figure of Liberty -- Figure of Justice -- Mercury., Watermark in the right part of sheet., and Title translation on verso: Judgment of Apollo over the bubbles.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Result of the wind trade., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Six columns of verse in Dutch below image: 1. Siet hier Mynheer de Directeur ..., Plate 27 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: True portrait of the renowned Mr. Quinquenpoix., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Image on smaller plate set in center of a larger plate engraved with title and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch on either side of image plate: Kom uit, kom uit, het regent nu dukaten ..., and Plate 63 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from British Museum catalogue., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Pasquin's wind cards of the wind trade in the year 1720., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., One of two plates depicting a set of 54 playing cards., Twenty seven images of playing cards in three rows, begining with the king of hearts in the upper left corner and ending with the image of a cock holding a print of unicorn in his beak in the lower right corner. Each image is 8.4 x 4.8 cm., and Part of plate 15 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
