Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Finish:Single Street scene depicting events surrounding

Street scene depicting events surrounding the South Sea Bubble (1711-1720)

one of whom holds a pair of scissors to be sharpened

with various water vessels on the River Thames in the foreground

which was a half crinoline

with figures including a Beefeater

Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Finish:Single Street scene depicting events surroundingDutch 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