COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
13055
Call number:
F720 G876t2 /2-SIZE
Title:
De wintgot, uytgebuldert hebbende, laat niet dan rampen na.
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
1720
Image technique:
engraved plate [68]
Image dimensions:
26 x 41 cm.
Narrative description:
Investment schemes. [The god of schemes has spent his fury and leaves only destruction behind.] Mercury with his winged helmet and Jupiter sit in clouds, while various men, possibly satirizing several families that participated in the wind trade (Bicker, Boreel, van Zwieten), sit below them. Also includes a carriage and horses.
References:
Not in BM
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 wintgot, uytgebuldert hebbende, laat niet dan rampen na.
