De laggende law, de treurende actionist met de smekende Mercurius [graphic].
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"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