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The Action Sphinx leaps from the mountain, 1720, The phantom-beautiful Action-Sphinx leaps herself to death here, as soon as Edipus exposes the false secret, The Great Tableau of Folly, cartoon, print, Landscape in which the Action Sphinx leaps from a mountain, a man is blown through the air with balloons and in the foreground various groups are engaged in the wind trade. In the distance Vianen. In the caption a verse in four columns. Print 43 in the series The Great Tableau of Folly with satirical prints on the Speculative Market or Stock Trading of 1720., printmaker, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, height 262 mm x width 339 mm, showing the rise, progress and downfall of the Stock Trading, Bubble and Speculative Trade, committed in France, England and the Netherlands in the Year 1720 (…). Amsterdam: widow Joachim Ottens, 1720. Several editions of this publication have appeared., sphinx (lion, woman), 'Sphinx' (Ripa), financial panic, Speculative Market of 1720, Vianen, Period, A wide engraved scene showing a large rocky outcrop on the left and a tree on the right with a small animal perched on a branch, a town visible in the distant background, and clouds and hills across the horizon; in the foreground many figures in period dress engaged in various actions including standing, gesturing, bending, and handling papers and barrels, some wearing wigs and tricorn hats, others kneeling or seated, with scattered sheets of paper on the ground; a person flying near the rock supported by a cluster of round objects and trailing cloud-like forms, a soldier or guard standing at the rock’s dark opening, a group of spearmen behind a palisade near the town, and a few horse-mounted figures and walking people on the midground plain.

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Action Sphinx leaps mountain 1720 phantom-beautiful Action-Sphinx leaps death soon Edipus exposes false secret Great Tableau Folly cartoon print Landscape man blown air balloons foreground various groups engaged wind trade distance Vianen caption verse four columns Print 43 series satirical prints Speculative Market Stock Trading printmaker Northern Netherlands paper etching engraving height 262 mm x width 339 mm showing rise progress downfall Bubble Speculative Trade committed France England Netherlands Year 1720 … Amsterdam widow Joachim Ottens Several editions publication appeared sphinx lion woman Sphinx Ripa financial panic Vianen Period wide engraved scene showing large rocky outcrop left tree right small animal perched branch town visible distant background clouds hills across horizon foreground figures period dress engaged various actions standing gesturing bending handling papers barrels wearing wigs tricorn hats kneeling seated scattered sheets ground person flying near rock supported cluster round objects trailing cloud- forms soldier guard standing rock’s dark opening group spearmen palisade near town horse-mounted figures walking people midground plain