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Arch of Remembrance at the grave of the Actionists, 1720
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Arch of Remembrance 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 at the death and burial of the emaciated Actionists. In the middle a grave is filled with worthless shares, from the left a funeral procession approaches. In the compartments of the triumphal arch are scenes of the illness of the Actionist, John Law, the Utrecht canal, etc. In the front left a man with a peep show with the Mississippi and the South. With caption in 8 columns in Dutch and French ending with the epitaph of: Mr. the Bubbler. Print 33 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with caricatures on the Wind Trade or Share Trade 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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