Monument in memory of the foolishness of the year 1720, Bernard Picart, 1720 drawing Monument in memory of the foolishness of the year 1720. On a large car, the fortune of the Actien shares scatters shares on a large car. The cart is drawn by, among other things, personifications of the companies of the South Sea and Mississippi. They can be recognized by an inscription. The car is led by the fame in the direction of the poor house and madhouse. Around the cart there traders and victims. On the right in the background the Quincampoix coffee house. At the bottom of the emblem with the motto app
Monument in memory of the foolishness of the year 1720, Bernard Picart, 1720 drawing Monument in memory of the foolishness of the year 1720. On a large car, the fortune of the Actien shares scatters shares on a large car. The cart is drawn by, among other things, personifications of the companies of the South Sea and Mississippi. They can be recognized by an inscription. The car is led by the fame in the direction of the poor house and madhouse. Around the cart there traders and victims. On the right in the background the Quincampoix coffee house. At the bottom of the emblem with the motto appearances are deceiving in Latin. In the caption the statement of the performance in French and Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper speculation in trade and finance, stock-jobbery. lunatic asylum, mental home. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa). financial panic. Native peoples of North America. Native peoples of South America Coffee house Quincampoix
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