The South Sea scheme

Title:: The South Sea scheme
Title (alt.):: An emblematic print on the South Sea
Description:: Print shows Fortune, Honesty, and Honor being mutilated and beaten amid a crowd of unfortunate investors in the South Sea investment scandal.
Artist:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Name on Item:: Designed by W. Hogarth
Date:: 1721
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: John D. Merriam Collection
Subjects:: Violence
Crowds
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Extent:: 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 27 x 35 cm
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Language:: English
Notes:: Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Paulson: 43
Notes (date):: Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):: Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Identifier:: 18_06_000106
Barcode:: 36666003779614