Caption
The Island of Gekskop, 1720, Illustration of the very renowned island of Geks-Kop (…), The Great Tableau of Folly, cartoon, print, Map of the island of Gekskop in the shape of a jester's head. On the left, a rebellious crowd in front of the Quincampoix coffee house in Amsterdam; on the right, the sailing carriage with banner: to Viane. On the sheet below the plate, the caption printed in two columns from a separate plate. Print 57 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, printed from two plates on one sheet, height 164 mm x width 235 mm x height 135 mm x width 235 mm, height 533 mm x width 424 mm, Print used in: The Great Tableau of Folly, 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. Various editions of this publication have appeared., court jester, court fool, financial panic, Speculative Market of 1720, Amsterdam, Vianen, Kalverstraat, Koffiehuis Quincampoix, Period, An engraved sheet showing an ornate framed central oval containing a stylized side profile of a human head labeled with small placards and surrounded by decorative scrollwork and floral motifs, flanked by architectural vignettes of multi-story buildings with rows of windows on the left and a riverside scene with a small sailboat and trees on the right, ornamental medallions and garlands across the top with small illustrated panels depicting figures, a pedestal beneath the central frame with a cartouche containing a block of cursive text, and two columns of tightly spaced printed text occupying the lower half of the sheet.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B34_300
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