COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
13055
Call number:
F720 G876t2 /2-SIZE
Title:
De schynschoone actie-sphinx springt hier zig zelven dood, zo dra als Edipus het vals geheim ontbloot.
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
1720
Image technique:
engraved plate [43]
Image dimensions:
39 x 45 cm.
Narrative description:
Investment schemes. [The falsely-fair share-sphinx springs down from the high rocks, Oedipus having discovered the false secret.] Men stand in front of a mountain from which a sphinx jumps. In the background is also a town labeled, Vianen. A man floats in front of the mountain by means of bladders of air on his person. On one side of the image men are led by a man holding a paper with the South Sea's Company shares on it; one of the man has his pants on fire. On the other side a man vomits while laid over a barrel with a cock (symbol of France) on it. Soldiers behind a fence barricade the way to Vianen. Also includes a cat in a tree and a man riding a goat while blowing on a horn. Vianen was a "free city"� during the Middle Ages and anyone who could pay the toll to enter the city would be granted sanctuary from creditors.
References:
BM 1677
Notes:
In: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den jaare MDCCXX, [Amsterdam], 1720. This book is volume 1 of a collection of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles.
Subject:
South Sea Bubble
Normalized date:
1720
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