Art Resource - AR927398

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South Sea Bubble, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth

South Sea Bubble, 1721. People queue to enter the Devil's shop, while he cuts up Fortune. Clerics of various denominations gamble in the left foreground. People ride on a wooden hobby horse. Honour is flogged in the stocks by Villainy, and Honesty is broken on the wheel with Self-interest acting as confessor. This, the first major crash of the English stock market, involved fraud, speculation and greed and, when the Bubble burst in 1720, financial ruin for many.

Unique Identifier AR927398

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4583px × 3481px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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