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Erepport at the grave of the Actionists, 1720
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Erepport at the grave of the Actionists, 1720

anonymous · 1720 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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
Credit lineErepoort bij het graf van de Actionisten, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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