Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-POSTMAN-PIG-SHARES SOLD OUT-John Law-1720

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Plate 47: 'De kornet van vuil gewin of wortel en besse postiljon op zyn mager, doch niewlyks gemest varken uitschreewende de kompany is vol.' (The rider of foul profit or the rubbish-bearing courser, riding on his thin, but newly fatted boar, cries: The company is full.) Broadside with verse showing a mailman / postman riding a pig announcing that shares have been sold out. Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Description: Original engraved print from "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX �", Amsterdam, 1720. (The Great Mirror of Folly, which is actually a collection on all printsmaps and text, published in 1720, satirizing the Englishman John Law, his Mississippi Company, and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares of the South Sea Bubble of 1719-1720, which resulted in an international scandal.Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Condition: Excellent given its age. General age related toning and occasional light staining as visible on scan. Original fold as issued. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B53-32 The overall size is ca. 14.6 x 15.2 inch. The image size is ca. 10.4 x 13.2 inch. The overall size is ca. 37 x 38.5 cm. The image size is ca. 26.5 x 33.5 cm.

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• Title: Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-POSTMAN-PIG-SHARES SOLD OUT-John Law-1720
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