Erepport at the grave of the Actionists, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
City square with a large triumphal arch erected for the death and burial of the emaciated Actionists. In the center, a grave filled with worthless shares; from the left, a funeral procession approaches. In the panels of the arch are depictions of the illness of the Actionist, John Law, the Utrecht Canal, etc. Foreground left: a man with a peepshow containing the Mississippi and the South. With a caption in eight columns in Dutch and French, ending with the epitaph of: Mr. the Bubble Man. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of *Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid* with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description