Monument to the memory of the folly of the year 1720, Bernard Picart, 1720, Monument to the memory of the folly of the year 1720. On a large wagon driven by a jester, the Fortune of the Actions sprinkles shares around. The cart is pulled by, among others, personifications of the companies of the South Seas and Mississippi. They are identified by an inscription. The cart is led by the Faam in the direction of the poorhouse and madhouse. Surrounding the cart are merchants and afflicted people. On the right in the background the coffee house Quincampoix. At the bottom the emblem with the motto

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