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Mirror of Reason for the Desperate Actionist, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Mirror of Reason for the desperate shareholder. A wind trader about to stab himself in the chest is shown a mirror by the personification of Reason. In the background, Prudence holds back the wind trade with a shield marked Y (= the IJ in Amsterdam). Three parts of text surround the plate. Print 34 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpiegel der Reden voor de wanhopende Actionist, 1720. 1720. Jacobus Schijnvoet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
