Antique Print-STOCK MARKET SATIRE-VIANEN TOLL GATE-John Law-1720

Beschreibung

Plate 32: 'De Viaantsche tol-poort voor d'actionisten komende uyt alle steeden.' (The toll gate of Vianen, The Netherlands, where the shareholders arrive from all towns.) 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. 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. General age related toning and occasional light staining as visible on scan. Original fold as issued with small tear at bottom, not efffecting image. A few tiny pinholes. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B53-24 The overall size is ca. 13.4 x 15.4 inch. The image size is ca. 12.4 x 12.4 inch. The overall size is ca. 34 x 39 cm. The image size is ca. 31.5 x 31.5 cm. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34411

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