The bubblers bubbl'd, or, The devil take the hindmost [graphic]

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Title
The bubblers bubbl'd, or, The devil take the hindmost [graphic]
Alternative Title
Devil take the hindmost
Bubblers bubbled
Creator
Cole, James, active 1715-1774, printmaker
Published / Created
[1720]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Abstract

"Satire on the financial crisis of 1720 (based, partly in reverse, on 1868,0808.9612) the courtyard of the Amsterdam Exchange now standing for stockbroking in London. The banner now lists 42 investment schemes, including "Robin's Fishery for Gudgeons", (an allustion to Robert Knight, cashier of the South Sea Company), and "Moore's most Royal Fishery" (alluding to Arthur Moore, director of the South Sea Company); in the colonnades and at the front stockbrokers and investors, including a man in middle Eastern dress, celebrate their successes or bemoan their losses as they circulate documents; in niches above are figures of Fortune and Plenty both casting papers labelled with the names of speculations; the clock is no longer labelled "Quinquenpoix". Engraved title, inscriptions, and English verses in three columns."--British Museum online catalog

Description
Title etched above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides.
A 'List of the Bubbles' in the image, and below the image with twenty-four lines of verse in three columns 'Come all ye mony'd Bites & Culls ... When jobbing in Change-Ally / Here Whig and Tory, Rich & Poor ... Whilst others fart with Squeezing / Here Fortune does her smiles dispense ... O Britain! mourn thy troubles!', and "J. Cole Sculp / Sold by the Printsellers of London & Westminster.'. There are early annotations in pen and ink against two investment schemes: "24 For Erecting Houses of Office in ye North of England and Scotland for ye convenience of Strangers and Travellers" is annotated "Ha! Ha!", and "37 Lending Money to necessitous Persons" "Hay" Day".
Watermark in the upper portion of sheet. Countermark I V in the lower portion.
Provenance
Suckling; January 1958;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 34.8 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 37 x 27.6 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
720.06.21.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1720
Etchings England London 1720
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Subject (Name)
Moore, Arthur, 1666?-1730.
Knight, Robert, 1675-1744
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic)
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Financial crises
History
Politics and government
Stock exchanges
Subjects
Moore, Arthur, 1666?-1730
Knight, Robert, 1675-1744 > Caricatures and cartoons
South Sea Company > Caricatures and cartoons
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Financial crises > Great Britain > History > 18th century
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1714-1727
Stock exchanges
England > 1720
England > London > 1720

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8893827
Object ID (OID)
10700159

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