Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Size:S: 50 x 40cm Street scene with horse drawn

Street scene with horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians

A man walking along the pavement carrying a pole over his shoulder that has rabbits hanging from it

Music cover for the composition 'The season in London is over

a Methodist preacher

Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Size:S: 50 x 40cm Street scene with horse drawnDutch satire on the South Sea Bubble, 1720. Three columns of text are surmounted by five images; four spandrels contain images of Dutch rural life while the central oval shows a female draped figure seated and surrounded by children, one of whom blows a trumpet. Account books, etc. are scattered on the floor and ships at sea are visible through an opening on the right. This bubble, or hoax, centred on the South Sea Company which had been founded in