COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
13055
Call number:
F720 G876t2 /2-SIZE
Title:
De verreeze Frederik Hendrik ouwerwets patroon der verkeerde barmhertigheid &c. &c. &c.
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
1720
Image technique:
engraved plate [61]
Image dimensions:
39 x 45 cm.
Narrative description:
Investment schemes. [Frederick Henry arisen, the ancient patron of ill-placed commiseration, etc.] The stadtholder of the Seven United Provinces, Frederik Hendrik, holds his cloak over nearly naked men. Also includes a church, men drowning in a river or canal (one has a magic lantern with him in the water), a man riding a donkey or ass, a bakeshop where loaves of bread are being weighed, and a merry-go-round or sort of early Ferris or “pleasure” wheel.
References:
BM 1685
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
Link To Source
De verreeze Frederik Hendrik ouwerwets patroon der verkeerde barmhertigheid &c. &c. &c.
