South Sea Bubble Collection

The South Sea Scheme, 1722. Creator: William Hogarth
The South Sea Scheme, 1722

Budgell, (1686-1737), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Budgell, (1686-1737), 1830. Eustace Budgell (1686-1737) English writer and politician, educated at Trinity College, Oxford, he wrote for The Spectator

Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Portrait of the beggar Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate. Hudson (died 1767)

Portrait of John Law (1671-1729), 1720. Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of John Law (1671-1729), 1720. Private Collection

Investment schemes: Contemplation for the greedy world on the rise... 17 Creator: Anonymous
Investment schemes: Contemplation for the greedy world on the rise and fall of the stock-jobbery, 1720. Private Collection

Portrait of Katherine Seigneur, nee Knowles (1669-1747), John Laws wife, 1720. Private Collection

Investment schemes: Memorial arch erected at the burial place of ruined shareholders, 1720. Private Collection

The South Sea Bubble, 1720, (1925). Creator: Unknown
The South Sea Bubble, 1925. From " London in the Eighteenth Century", by Sir Walter Besant. [A. & C. Black, Ltd. London, 1925]

The true picture of the wind-trade on the Rue Quincampoix, Paris, ca 1720. Private Collection

A satire on the South Sea Bubble, 1720. Artist: B Baron
A satire on the South Sea Bubble, 1720. A monument dedicated to posterity in commemoration of ye incredible folly transacted in... 1720, 1720

An emblematic print on the South Sea, 1800. Artist: Thomas Cook
An emblematic print on the South Sea, 1800. Bottom: the Monument, which has been dedicated to the destruction of the City by the South Sea Bubble. Top left: figures in the corner of a theatre

Change Alley, London, 1853. Artist: John Carter
Change Alley, London, 1853. Street scene depicting events surrounding the South Sea Bubble (1711-1720). The scene is taking place in front of Garraways Coffee House, with a pawn shop at left

The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times, 1720. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711-1720. A bankrupt man behind bars praying, with mock brokers receipt

The Bubblers Mirrour, or Englands Folly, 1720. Showing the head and shoulders of a man, looking distressed, holding an empty money-bag

Stock Exchange, London, 1720. Artist: James Cole
The Bubblers bubbl d, or the Devil take the hindmost, 1720; showing the interior of the Stock Exchange, with many figures showing pleasure or dismay

Change Alley, Singapore, during the frenzy of the South Sea Bubble, c1720 (19th century)
Change Alley, London, during the frenzy of the South Sea Bubble, c1720 (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume IV, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

Trade label of the South Sea Company, 18th century (1894). The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 in order to trade with Spanish America on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession

A Satire on the South Sea Company, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth
A Satire on the South Sea Company, 1721. The South Sea Bubble (1711-1720), showing greed and speculation which preceded the bubble

The Brabant Skreen, 1721. A satire on the South Sea company. The Duchess of Kendal gives money to Robert Knight (treasurer of the company), to enable him to escape

The Bubblers Mirrorour, or Englands Folley (joy), 1720. Shares in the South Sea Company rose through overheated speculation causing the South Sea Bubble

The Bubblers Mirrorour, or Englands Folley (grief), 1720. Shares in the South Sea Company rose through overheated speculation causing the South Sea Bubble

The Bubblers Bubbl d or The Devil Take the Hindmost, 1720. Shares in the South Sea Company rose through overheated speculation causing the South Sea Bubble

Wind dealers dropping money... ca 1720. Artist: Schmid (1667-1744)
Wind dealers dropping money... ca 1720. From a private collection

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