"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
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Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Law laughing, the shareholders mourning and Mercury entreating., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch engraved below title: K'moet laggen zeker waar als ik myn schat aanzie ..., Plate 85 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Mounted to 45 x 36 cm., and Watermark.
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Three columns of verse below image: Indien 't dan langer niet wil lúkken ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the East Indies., and Title translation on verso: The foolish shareholders from the East Indies, near Vianen.
"The figures are numbered, referring to a short printed explanation beneath the plate. A man (1), England, dressed only in a shirt, with an expression of horrified rage, is being held by two men, (4) and (5), representing Denmark and Sweden. France (7) stands behind him about to place a fool's cap on his head. Russia (right) (3), a stalwart man wearing a fur cap and long gown, is about to strike him with a large club. A plainly dressed man (2), America, runs off to the left with his clothes, looking back with a smile. Holland, as a Dutchman (6), kneels on the ground fixing shackles to the ankles of the Man in the Shirt. The scene is the sea-shore. Small vessels (left) (8) have boards on the top of their bare masts; behind them are ships in full sail (9). A man (10) clenches his fist at the sight of the vessels. In the foreground lie torn documents (11). The explanation, translated: (1), "A man in a shirt in a great rage; (2), an American, who carries away his money and clothes laughing; (3), a Russian threatening to strike him; (4) and (5) hold each an arm; (6), a Dutchman who puts chains on him; (8), some dismantled privateers; (9), a fleet of merchant ships sailing undisturbed; (10), a man who sees this, stamping his feet; (11), some torn-up treaties." 1780 Etching with letterpress explanation"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Sheet trimmed., and One figure in print identified (in ms.?) as B. Franklin.
Title and verse in letterpress., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The useful and useless merchants., Motto at top of image: Virtute et probitate., One line of text in Dutch above image: Openbaring XVIII: 2. De Kooplieden der Aarden zullen weene en Rouw maaken ..., Key to numbers within image at bottom of plate., Two columns of verse in Dutch in letterpress below title: Geldzuchtig Koopman, nu, wel aan, De weg, dien gy hebt in te slaan ... Filip Piek., and Plate 79 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The bedizened shareholders shown during their honour and influence., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch engraved below image: Daar eider Scherst en lagt and spot En scheld op de Actie-handeláren ..., Plate 62 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Mounted to 46 x 35 cm.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The falsely-fair Share-Sphinx springs down from the high rocks., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Een zieke speugt hier de Acties weer, Waar meê zyn maag was overláden ..., and Plate 71 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title in letterpress above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The dying bubble lord in the lap of Madame Company., Later state, without printmaker's name and with changes within the image. Cf. No. 1447 in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., On one sheet with two columns of letterpress., Plate 75 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis in the right part of sheet, countermark I V in the left part.
Title in letterpress at top of sheet., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Earlier lettering burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Impressed on sheet with five columns of letterpress., Two lines of verse in Dutch at bottom of design: De Actie Valk, die uit ging vliegen om te strópen ..., Plate 60 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: Hawks -- Owls., Watermark., and Title translation on verso of mount: The marauding stock-hawk on the neck, and the bubble-rat under the claw of the owl. Mounted to 46 x 33 cm.
