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Erepoort at the Grave of the Actionists, 1720
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City square with a large triumphal arch erected for the death and burial of the emaciated speculators. In the center, a grave is filled with worthless shares; from the left, a funeral procession approaches. In the panels of the arch, scenes of the speculator's illness, John Law, the Utrecht canal, etc. In the front left, a man with a peepshow featuring the Mississippi and the South. Eight-column caption in Dutch and French, ending with the epitaph of: Mr. the Bubble Man. Print in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineErepoort bij het graf van de Actionisten, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.