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This Edward Matthew Ward imagines the mania grabbign investors wishing to buy shares in the South Sea Company just before its collapse as reality hit home in spectacular fashion.
Image courtesy of The Tate Gallery
Lieve Verschuier "The departure of Abraham Crijnssen for the West Indies in 1666" |
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