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The Imagination Paints the Mississippi, 1720, The Imagination, Ruler of the Tobacco Sellers' Guild, Paint Mississippi here, which wastes France's treasure, The Great Tableau of Folly, cartoon, print, The female personification of the Imagination paints a picture of the Mississippi, around her children blowing bubbles or reading from the action book of the Mississippi Company sitting on an empty cash box. With four small scenes of other failed ventures. Below the image is a caption with a verse printed in three columns from a separate plate. Print 23 in the series The Great Tableau of Folly with satirical prints on the Speculative Markets of 1720., printmaker, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, height 483 mm x width 375 mm, (Complaint of the South Sea Company, 1720)., painter at work, in his studio, Speculative Markets of 1720, North America, Mississippi (river), Period, A large oval scene fills the center showing a seated woman in flowing drapery viewed from behind and three nude children around her, one child holding a dish of small round objects while another leans over a framed panel and a third kneels at a box on the floor, with ropes, pulleys, and draped fabric nearby and a circular mirror or window depicting ships and a coastal town; architectural columns and a carved pedestal are visible behind them. Outside the oval on the left, a man works at a table while two others sit at a round table in front of barrels, and below them people stand and converse near stacked goods and a small barrel on the floor. On the right outside the oval a standing figure holds a smoking pipe by tall plants and distant mountains, and a group of uniformed figures carry rectangular objects while another man on horseback watches, with scattered rectangular sheets on the ground. The overall image is rendered in fine black line engraving with crosshatching, showing clouds in the sky, distant landscapes, and detailed textures on clothing, hair, and architectur

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Imagination Paints Mississippi 1720 Imagination Ruler Tobacco Sellers Guild Paint Mississippi wastes France's treasure Great Tableau Folly cartoon print female personification Imagination paints picture children blowing bubbles reading action book Mississippi Company sitting empty cash box four small scenes failed ventures image caption verse printed three columns separate plate Print 23 series satirical prints Speculative Markets printmaker Northern Netherlands paper etching height 483 mm x width 375 mm Complaint South Sea Company painter work studio North America river Period large oval scene fills center showing seated woman flowing drapery viewed three nude children child holding dish small round objects another leans framed panel third kneels box floor ropes pulleys draped fabric nearby circular mirror window depicting ships coastal town architectural columns carved pedestal visible them Outside oval left man works table two sit round table front barrels them people stand converse near stacked goods small barrel right outside standing figure holds smoking pipe tall plants distant mountains group uniformed figures carry rectangular objects another man horseback watches scattered rectangular sheets ground rendered fine black line engraving crosshatching showing clouds sky distant landscapes detailed textures clothing hair architectur