Author: A.A. (Bolswert, Schelte Adams? & Boëthious Adams Bolswert?)
Title: Madam Law.
Description: (Amsterdam), (1720). Original engraving, papersize: ca. 34 x 23 cm.; engraving: ca. 27,5 x 18 cm. From "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid" - "Encounter of the carousing bubble lords and menacing poverty". Brown spotted and discoloured. Copper engraving set in a decorative border; a caricature in verse satirizing the first truly international speculative crisis in the history of financial capitalism.

Keywords: Achttiende eeuw Gravures Humor Law, John Politieke geschiedenis Prenten Satire Speculatie Tulpenhandel Windnegotie


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