Title

Trade label of the South Sea Company, 18th century (1894). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Trade label of the South Sea Company, 18th century (1894). The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 in order to trade with Spanish America on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession would end soon with a favourable treaty allowing trading. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 was not as favourable as hoped, although confidence was boosted when George I became governor of the company. However by September 1720, in what became known as the South Sea Bubble, speculators caused the company's share price to become vastly inflated. The market then collapsed and many investors were ruined. Found in the collection of the Guildhall Museum. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume IV, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1894.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C29_448

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (3,9Mb) / 12,2in x 16,0in / 3651 x 4804 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England commerce country finance trade ship ships British English location century stock market Britain label speculation sailing ship water transport coat of arms 18th century Eighteenth Century heraldry The Print Collector South Sea Bubble South Sea Company trade card engraving Unknown Green John Richard Green John Richard John Richard Green engraving