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Satirical print on the Action Trade, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Satirical print on the Wind Trade or Stock Trade of 1720. Popular print with 24 scenes and rhyming couplets. Marked at the top: No. 25.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent op de Actiehandel, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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