De vervallen actionisten, hersteld, door den triompheerden Arlequin.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Folded as issued.
'The ruined share-holders restored by the triumphant Harlequin', a satire on the South Sea Bubble. Harlequin dispenses papers from a carriage. Mercury gestures towards trade goods but the man next to him seems more interested in Harlequin's papers. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 35871] £320.00
Engraving with very large margins. 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼"). Folded as issued.
'The ruined share-holders restored by the triumphant Harlequin', a satire on the South Sea Bubble. Harlequin dispenses papers from a carriage. Mercury gestures towards trade goods but the man next to him seems more interested in Harlequin's papers. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 35871] £320.00