Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Finish:Single one sitting on the floor

one sitting on the floor repairing the seat of a chair

a disabled man wheeling himself along on a pallet and musicians playing to a crowd

View of two chair menders

North west view of St George

one of whom holds a pair of scissors to be sharpened

Dutch satire on the South Sea Bubble Finish:Single one sitting on the floorDutch 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