Antique Print-STOCK MARKET SATIRE-MEMORIAL ARC-MAGIC LANTERN-John Law-1721

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Plate 33: 'Gedenkboog ter begraafplaats der uitgeteerde Actionisten. - Arc Memorial dresse au lieu de l'enterrement des actionistes consumes.' (Memorial Arc at the burial place of consumated stock jobbers / investors / wind traders.) 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 complex plate has important events incorporated in the Arc and surrounding cityscape including the rise and fall of wind trade, an hour-glass, burial etc etc. At left front a man with a magic lantern (tover lantaarn). 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: Unknown. Condition: Excellent given its age. Original folds as issued. Paper separation at folds and left from fold, as often from handling, reinforced using contemporary paper. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully. Storage location: B53-47 The overall size is ca. 20.6 x 17.2 inch. The image size is ca. 18.6 x 15.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 52.2 x 43.6 cm. The image size is ca. 47.2 x 40.5 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34447

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