Missisippi, of, 't wydbefaamde goudland door de Inbeelding der windnegotie [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Missisippi, of, 't wydbefaamde goudland door de Inbeelding der windnegotie [graphic].
Description
- Title
- Missisippi, of, 't wydbefaamde goudland door de Inbeelding der windnegotie [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Nieuwe volkplanting om wind
- Published / Created
- [1720]
- Publication Place
- Netherlands?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"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
- Description
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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.
Watermark. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 15.3 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 42 x 30 cm
- Language
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Dutch
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 720.00.00.102+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) Netherlands 1720
Etchings Netherlands 1720
Book illustrations
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
- Netherlands > 1720
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8893706
- Object ID (OID)
- 10697494