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Allegory on the South Sea Company, 1720
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Allegory on the South Sea Company, 1720

Thomas Cook · 1800 · etching; paper

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

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Allegory on financial speculation in London in the British South Sea Company, 1720. Central image a carousel on which wind traders ride; in the foreground Honesty is broken on the wheel by Self-Interest. Part of the group of supplementary prints added to the series Tableau of Folly with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Stock Trade of 1720.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintmerry-go-round, roundaboutchair o'planefinancial panicspeculative boomLondonWindhandel van 1720
Credit lineAllegorie op de Zuidzee-compagnie, 1720. 1800. Thomas Cook. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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