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The South Sea Company with the Money-Lust chained, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Stage where the personifications of the South Sea Company and Gullibility sit on a throne and hold Avarice on a chain. Avarice eats coins and distributes paper shares. In the foreground and on the sides wind traders, in the clouds Fortuna scatters paper. With caption in four columns. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe Zuidzee-Compagnie met de Geldzucht aan een ketting, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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