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Outcome of the Wind Trade, 1720
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About this work
Satirical print on the wind trade of John Law, 1720. Law sitting on a chair floating on the wind with a horn of plenty, distributing shares. Right: the madhouse; center: a man with a stocking on his head. In the background, Vianen and work on the Utrecht Canal. In the caption, an explanation of the numbers 1-23 in rhyme. Print in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of *Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid* with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineUitslag van de windnegotie, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
