Catastrophic Consequences of the Stock Trade, 1720

The disastrous consequences of the share trade. Various men commit suicide after losing everything in the share trade, others have gone mad or commit robbery. In the foreground the weeping Heraclitus, in the background the carriage of the rich man going over the broad road. In the caption the explanation of the numbers 1-9. Belongs to the group of supplementary prints added to the series "Tafereel der Dwaasheid" with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.