Allegory on the French Economy with the Portrait of Philip II, Duke of Orléans

In the center a portrait of Philip II, Duke of Orléans. To the left sits the sorrowful personification of France, with an empty horn, bonds and debt certificates at her feet. Behind the portrait a winged woman with an hourglass, surrounded by clouds, referring to the Mississippi Company and the time that is about to dawn. Mercury points to France at the portrait of the Duke, who in 1716 gave permission to the Scottish economist John Law to establish a bank to stimulate the French economy. Minerva points to a horn with money. Beside it sits an original inhabitant of America with a feather headdress, sash and skirt with a map of Louisiana, where Law founded a company that operated the state bank. To the right in the background soldiers defend the French Banque Royale, which is being stormed by the people due to the unrest caused by the Mississippi Bubble of 1720.