Bubble.folly.jpg
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Summary
The night singer of shares, with his magic-lantern
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| Title |
Dutch:
Actieuse nacht-wind-zanger met zyn tover slons
The night singer of shares, with his magic-lantern
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| Description |
English
:
Caricature from
Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid
(
The Great Picture of Folly
) showing the "busy night-wind hawker with his magic lantern," a promoter of the Mississippi Company and similar schemes. The word "actieuse" has the double meaning of "active" and "dealing in
acties
" (company shares)
Nederlands
:
karikatuur, Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid
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| Date | 1720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Exhibition history | The South Sea Bubble, 1720 , CURIOSity Digital Collections – Harvard Library, cat. no. 8001629695_URN-3:HBS.BAKER:245610 - HOLLIS ID 8001629695 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Caption recto top:
Actieuse NACHT-WIND-Zanger met zyn Tover Slons
[The night singer of shares, with his magic-lantern]
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| Source/Photographer |
Source (specific): https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/south-sea-bubble/catalog/68-8001629695_URN-3:HBSBAKER:245610 (Print #2). ( HOLLIS ID 8001629695 ) Source (1-level up): Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (Plate 16). Source (Main site): The South Sea Bubble, 1720 – Exhibition . CURIOSity Digital Collections . Harvard Library. |
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Licensing
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public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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Original upload log
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| 2006-11-03 15:59 | 597×707× (109001 bytes) | Stbalbach | Source (specific): http://lids.hul.harvard.edu:8080/lids/lids?id=1280446&buttons=y&returnurl=http://library.hbs.edu/hc&caption=Historical+Collections,+Baker+Library,+Harvard+Business+School Source (1-level up): http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/ssb/recreatio |