Rise and Fall of the Actionists, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Rise and Fall of the Actionists. Sheet with various depictions of the unrest caused by the Wind Trade of 1720. Center bottom: Quinquempoix: a crowd of victims of the wind trade gathered on the Dam near the Kalverstraat; above it: The Tuileries Palace: panic in the Parisian Tuileries. Top: a portrait of John Law holding a note with "Mississippi," with a monkey and a wolf biting a sheep. Top left: merchant shipping; top right: excavation work for the Utrecht Canal. In the caption, a seven-column verse. 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 description
