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John Law: his rise to eminence and riches in France, and subsequent decline, resulting in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 816080iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
The tribulations of investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812466iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
John Law, the instigator of the Dutch share boom of 1720, lies collapsed with his head in the lap of 'Madame Compagnie' (the Mississippi Company). Etching by and after Philibert (Filibert) Bouttats, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812497iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Eight beggars or ruined investors lamenting their losses in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Engraving, 1720, after P. Quast.
Quast, Pieter Jansz., 1606-1647.Date: [1720?]Reference: 816094iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Wind as an analogy for speculative short-selling in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720-1721, and a warning to John Law about the indulgences of Shrove Tuesday. Etching, 1721.
Date: [1721]Reference: 816084iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
People ruined by the Dutch financial crisis of 1720 enter the city of Vianen. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812341iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
A personification of the South Sea Company, with people showing the effects of its collapse. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812068iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
The result of speculation: Dutch peasants, burghers etc., buy worthless stock and lose their money in the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 811774iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
A satirical new year's gift representing the spoiling of the year by speculation in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720-1721. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 814509iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
John Law, the author of the financial crisis of 1720, rides in a triumphal chariot before the "sentinel of the Mississippi". Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812311iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
The ghost of Erasmus flees his native city of Rotterdam as its finances are corrupted by the purchase of inflated stock during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 811846iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 17577iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Share-dealers and ruined speculators confronting each other in a crowded street during the share price boom of 1720. Etching after A. Humblot, ca. 1720.
Humblot, Antoine, -1758.Date: [1720?]Reference: 3783iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.