Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-BABEL TOWER-John Law-1720

Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 44 x 41 cm. The image size is ca. 35.7 x 33.7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 17.3 x 16.1 inch. The image size is ca. 14.1 x 13.3 inch.

Plate 31: ”De verwarde actionisten torenbouw tot Babel.” (The half built Babel tower as compared to the confused stock-jobbers being sold certificates by John Law.) A caricature in prose and verse satirizing the disastrous Mississippi scheme (1718-1720) of the French Compagnie d”Occident and the speculations its stock that led to the complete ruin of many of its over-eager French, Dutch and English shareholders.) 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: Unknown.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-BABEL TOWER-JOHN LAW

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