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Complaint of the South Sea Company, 1720
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Complaint of the South Sea Company, 1720

anonymous · 1720 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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View inside the Quincampoix Coffee House where traders are engaged in the wind trade. On the sides, four smaller scenes of the rise, fall, and exodus of the shareholders and the restoration of pure trade. The caption contains a four-column verse. Print 22 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.

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cartoonprintdefecationWindhandel van 1720
Credit lineKlacht van de Zuidzee-Compagnie, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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