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  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
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    Investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720 are incited by Jupiter, judged by Apollo, punished by Hercules, and deported to Hades. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812445i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

    | Date: 2 February 1835 | Reference: 12241i
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    William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 1873 | Reference: 603157i
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    People ruined by the Dutch financial crisis of 1720 go by carriage to the cities of Vianen and Culemborg to seek refuge from creditors. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812368i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    A putto encourages a lion to attack a unicorn; representing the desperation of speculators who lost their fortunes after the Dutch share boom of 1720 and turned to other ways to make money. Etching by P. van den Berge, 1720.

    Berge, Pieter van den, active 1689-1737. | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812492i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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