Mercury Awake, 1720, 1720 print Mercury awakens on the floor, a devil with a money bag is sitting on his back. Hereby various bystanders on the supply and background. On the left the sign of the inn called: Action Koolpot. In the show a verse of four lines and multiple inscriptions in Dutch. Printed on a larger leaf between 3 verses each with 7 couplets of 4 lines. Print 50 in the series The great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing financial panic

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