Stock Exchange, London, 1720. Artist: James Cole


'The Bubblers bubbl'd, or the Devil take the hindmost', 1720; showing the interior of the Stock Exchange, with many figures showing pleasure or dismay and holding leaflets which describe their profit or loss. In the centre a stand bearing a scroll inscribed with a list of bubbles. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711-1720.


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