Title from item., Plate with image is impressed above the plate with engraved verse., Three columns of verse in Dutch: Hier zieje klaar voor d'Actionisten vianens tolpoort afgebeelt ..., Plates numbered 39 in: 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 lower part of sheet, countermark N in the upper part.
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below title: Nu de Actieramp heeft uytgerwoet ..., Plate 79 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: countermark WVB .
Title from banner at top of 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 one sheet with five columns of letterpress., Four lines of verse in Dutch engraved below design: De bubbel jongen die zyn schatten heest verspild ..., Plate 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., Mounted to 47 x 32 cm., and Title translation on verso of mount: The bubble boy hunting.
"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.
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.
Title from item., Four columns of verse in Dutch below image: Alden bruy is 't in 't rumoer, Burger, Koopman, hoer en boer ..., Plate 37 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 in the left part of sheet., and Title translation on verso: The ruinous shareholder restored through his triumph over Harlequin.
"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
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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.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Directress of the decayed stock-regiments and particularly of natural law's shares., Plate numbered '4' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this state., Two columns of verse below image: Vrow Directrice, in 't los gewaad ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to John Law, 1671-1729 -- Dutch female costume., and Mounted to 31 x 18 cm.
Title engraved at top of image., Earlier state (1640?): H. Focken excu., Eight columns of text in Dutch below image: Aenden nieus-gierigen leser. Onlangs met sekeren vrint tot Haerlem zynde ..., Plate 76 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 Temporary local subject terms: Jesters: jester's cap.
