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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 that floats on the wind with a horn of plenty, distributing shares. On the right, the madhouse; in the 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 first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineUitslag van de windnegotie, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.