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Stocks

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  • Dispensing robot in pharmacy
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • A couple lie in bed, the woman has her hands and feet padlocked into stocks at each end of the bed, and her husband has a whip. Coloured aquatint. after J.F.
  • A dwarf holding his hat. Engraving.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
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    Six men appear puzzled and have their hands raised to their faces. Woodcut and letterpress.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 31516i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    • Online

    A dwarf holding his hat. Engraving.

    | Reference: 4000i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    The performance of a play representing the Dutch share price boom of 1720: Bombario blows bubbles before Princess Quinquenpoix. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812285i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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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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    The English coffee house in Amsterdam, with people trading shares; with vignettes showing the rise and fall of the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812076i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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