Monument consacré a la Posterité en memoire de la Folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle
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Title
Monument consacré a la Posterité en memoire de la Folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle
Collection
South Sea Bubble prints
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid
Names
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733 (Printmaker)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1720
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEZYG
Subjects
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Political satire
Genres
Notes
Version Identification: There are apparently six states of this plate and this is an example of the first state.
Citation/Reference: BM Satires 1627(1); Le Blanc (Picart) 649 [1A]; Muller 3553(18); Atlas Van Stolk 3473; NYPL South Sea Bubble 227
Acquisition: Gift of Alexander Maitland
Physical Description
Etchings
Engravings
Extent: Image: 10 13/16 x 14 5/16 in. (27.4 x 36.4 cm), Paper / Sheet: 13 3/16 x 16 7/16 in. (33.5 x 41.7 cm)
Identifiers
TMS ID: 314747
TMS Object Number: 31057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 530b2140-7693-0137-c32e-7fe1d058bcd9
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Monument consacré a la Posterité en memoire de la Folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1720. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/530b2140-7693-0137-c32e-7fe1d058bcd9
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1720). Monument consacré a la Posterité en memoire de la Folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/530b2140-7693-0137-c32e-7fe1d058bcd9
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Monument consacré a la Posterité en memoire de la Folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/530b2140-7693-0137-c32e-7fe1d058bcd9
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