Description: Original engraved print from "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX �", Amsterdam, 1720. (The Great Mirror of Folly, which is actually a collection on all printsmaps and text, published in 1720, satirizing the Englishman John Law, his Mississippi Company, and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares of the South Sea Bubble of 1719-1720, which resulted in an international scandal.
Artists and Engravers: Unknown.
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Subject: Plate 14: 'Quincampoix in duigen.' (Quinquampoix destroyed; A caricature in prose and verse satirizing the disastrous Mississippi scheme (1718-1720) of the French Compagnie d'Occident and the speculations its stock that led to the complete ruin of many of its over-eager French, Dutch and English shareholders. The print also shows a profile of Paris with the Notre Dame.)
Condition: Very good. Foxing in lower margin. Three small holes, one in left part of print, in left margin and in left top, backed by contemporary paper and consolidated with acid free tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 32.9 x 36.7 cm. The image size is ca. 30.5 x 31 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 12.8 x 14.4 inch. The image size is ca. 11.8 x 12.4 inch.
Medium: Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark.
Location: B53-12
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