Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-AMSTERDAM-PARIS-John Law-1720

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Plate 7: 'Op en ondergang der actieonisten.' (The rising and falling of the share-dealers.) 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; This plate showing the Tuileries in Paris, The Dam with the coffeehouse in Amsterdam and scenes of south-sea investments and the building of a canal.) Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. 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: Engraved by Leonard Schenk. Condition: iven its age. General age related toning and occasional light staining as visible on scan. Original fold as issued. Paper separated in fold and small hole in print, reinforced using contemporary paper. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B53-06 The overall size is ca. 17.6 x 15.9 inch. The image size is ca. 15.2 x 13.7 inch. The overall size is ca. 44.6 x 40.5 cm. The image size is ca. 38.7 x 34.9 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34389

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