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.
"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 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.
"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.
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
Description:
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.
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: 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.
