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.
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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
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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.
