HOGARTH, WILLIAM. The South Sea Scheme.
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HOGARTH, WILLIAM. The South Sea Scheme. Etched and engraved plate satirically exposing a collective panic and fortunes ruined over greed and financial speculation. Heavy laid paper, 11½x17 inches sheet size, wide margins; light toning and minor surface soiling, numbered in early ink at upper right. Paulson 10 (state 5 of 7). - London: Printed for John Bowles, 1751
“English graphic satire really begins with Hogarth’s Emblematical Print on the South Sea Scheme” -- John J. Richetti, The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780, page 85.
“English graphic satire really begins with Hogarth’s Emblematical Print on the South Sea Scheme” -- John J. Richetti, The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780, page 85.
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