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Erepoort at the Grave of the Actionists, 1720
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Erepoort 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 speculators. In the middle, a grave is filled with worthless shares; from the left, a funeral procession approaches. In the panels of the triumphal arch, depictions of the speculator's illness, John Law, the Utrecht canal, etc. In the front left, a man with a peep show featuring the Mississippi and the South. With an eight-column caption in Dutch and French, ending with the epitaph of: Mr. the Bubbler. 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 description
Credit lineErepoort bij het graf van de Actionisten, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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