"Stryd Tuszen de Smullende Bubbel Heeren, en de Aanstaande Armoede", Anon.

This interesting satirical engraving is from the Dutch book of engravings, poems and plays published just after the great speculative financial bubble and crash of 1720. There were three bubbles that all crashed in September of 1720: the South Sea Bubble, named after the British South Sea Company; the Mississippi Bubble, after the Mississippi Company in France; and the Dutch Wind-Handel or Wind-Negotie (both meaning Wind-Trade). The engraving, with the title translating as 'Encounter of the carousing bubble lords and menacing poverty' is filled with symbolism and satire.

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