De Wintgot, Uytgebuldert Hebben de Laat Niet dan Rampen Na.
[1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 170 x 285mm (6¾ x 11¼'') very large margins. Creasing and repaired tear on right.
A Dutch print satirising the South Sea Bubble or 'trading in the wind' as it was known in the Netherlands. In the centre a figure sits on a grindstone to the left a figure deficates bills, to the right a rabbit walks to the centre covered in paperwork and to the right of him one man blows hot air into the mouth of another. Above all the figures the God of the Winds sits in a cloud with Mercury, representing trade, at his feet.
[Ref: 48335] £120.00
Engraving. Plate: 170 x 285mm (6¾ x 11¼'') very large margins. Creasing and repaired tear on right.
A Dutch print satirising the South Sea Bubble or 'trading in the wind' as it was known in the Netherlands. In the centre a figure sits on a grindstone to the left a figure deficates bills, to the right a rabbit walks to the centre covered in paperwork and to the right of him one man blows hot air into the mouth of another. Above all the figures the God of the Winds sits in a cloud with Mercury, representing trade, at his feet.
[Ref: 48335] £120.00