The bubblers mirrour, or, Englands folly [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The bubblers mirrour, or, Englands folly [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Englands folly
- Contributor
- Bowles & Carver, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1793?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yd
- Abstract
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"Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds; a dove bearing a message saying "Nothing but Disappointments"; two men opening a strong box and finding nothing but bubbles inside; a total eclipse of the sun; another man falling from clouds; a man being pushed by the devil holding a note reading, "Speed my feet to the Mint". Below, a mock coat of arms with, as supporters, asses holding cornucopias through which men and money fall; as the crest, a Janus head; on the shield, four quarters, with castles in the air, a debtors' prison, three empty money bags and a beggar; as the motto, "Mar del Zud".On either side are lists of financial enterprises, actual and speculative, including the Pennsylvania Company (with verses mocking "Saints" and their "quaking friends"), insurance, mining, fisheries, textile and other manufactories, import schemes, and "making China in England", "making Iron with Pit Coal", "Engine to remove ye S. Sea House to Moorfields", (i.e., Bedlam), "Insurance against ye Venereal Disease", "Insurance of Maidenheads", Westley's "Actions" and Welby's "Golden Mines".Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds; a dove bearing a message saying "Nothing but Disappointments"; two men opening a strong box and finding nothing but bubbles inside; a total eclipse of the sun; another man falling from clouds; a man being pushed by the devil holding a note reading, "Speed my feet to the Mint". Below, a mock coat of arms with, as supporters, asses holding cornucopias through which men and money fall; as the crest, a Janus head; on the shield, four quarters, with castles in the air, a debtors' prison, three empty money bags and a beggar; as the motto, "Mar del Zud".On either side are lists of financial enterprises, actual and speculative, including the Pennsylvania Company (with verses mocking "Saints" and their "quaking friends"), insurance, mining, fisheries, textile and other manufactories, import schemes, and "making China in England", "making Iron with Pit Coal", "Engine to remove ye S. Sea House to Moorfields", (i.e., Bedlam), "Insurance against ye Venereal Disease", "Insurance of Maidenheads", Westley's "Actions" and Welby's "Golden Mines"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text above center image.
Questionable date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Design composed of a central image in mezzotint, smaller etched images above and below center image, and columns of etched text surrounding images.
Reissue with different imprint; for earlier state published by Tho. Bowles in 1720, see no. 1621 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
Collector's annotations on mount. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 34.6 x 25 cm, on sheet 39 x 29 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 793.00.00.23++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Poetry
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1720
Mezzotints England London 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- mezzotint and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- South Sea Company
- Subject (Topic)
-
Speculation
Business failures
Commerce
Grief - Subjects
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South Sea Company > Poetry
Speculation > Poetry
Business failures
Commerce > England > Early works to 1800
Grief
England > 1720
England > London > 1793
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
- Catalog Record
- 9768655
- Object ID (OID)
- 10957294
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