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  • A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.

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    Death as an allegory of the Dutch financial crisis of 1720-1721. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720] | Reference: 816096i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.

    | Date: 1720 | Reference: 3999i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    The English coffee house in Amsterdam: dealers conversing and raving during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 811589i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    Investors optimistically seek the protection of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720, while others are irreversably ruined. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 816028i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    A mob stoning the coffee house in the rue Quinquenpoix in Paris where shares are traded during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 811819i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.

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