Allegory on the South Sea Company, 1720, An emblematic print on the South Sea (title on object), Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid (extra pieces) (series title), Allegory on financial speculation in London in the British South Sea Company, 1720. In the center a merry-go-round on which wind merchants ride, in the foreground Honesty is destroyed by Self-interest. Belongs to the group of additional prints added to the series Tafereel der Foolishness with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print, print maker: Thomas Cook, (mentioned on object), after design by: William Hogarth, (

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