COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
13055
Call number:
F720 G876t2 /2-SIZE
Title:
De stervende bubble-heer in den schoot van Madame Compagnie
Place:
[Amsterdam]
Date:
1720
Image technique:
engraved plate [46]
Image dimensions:
33 x 43 cm.
Narrative description:
Investment schemes. [The dying bubble-lord in the bosom of Madame Compagnie.] The Bubble Lord, John Law, collapsed on the ground and is surrounded by a scolding woman and others who weep and gesticulate. This print was repurposed from one originally used to illustrate the distress of Louis XIV having lost the battle of Ramillies, May 12, 1706. In this print, the artist's name has been removed along with other inscriptions above the heads of the two men on the left. Madame Compagnie replaces Madame de Maintenon from the original print.
References:
BM 1615
Notes:
In: 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. This book is volume 1 of a collection of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles.
Subject:
South Sea Bubble
Normalized date:
1720
De stervende bubble-heer in den schoot van Madame Compagnie
