South Sea Bubble, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth
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The Print Collector / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
W7C7MXFile size:
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4583 x 3481 px | 38.8 x 29.5 cm | 15.3 x 11.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1721Photographer:
Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-ImagesMore information:
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South Sea Bubble, 1721. People queue to enter the Devil's shop, while he cuts up Fortune. Clerics of various denominations gamble in the left foreground. People ride on a wooden hobby horse. Honour is flogged in the stocks by Villainy, and Honesty is broken on the wheel with Self-interest acting as confessor. This, the first major crash of the English stock market, involved fraud, speculation and greed and, when the Bubble burst in 1720, financial ruin for many.