Speculation Collection

Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. 'The prevailing mania just now in the city of New York is that of gambling in stocks...William-street is the great theatre of speculation...[with]

Plucked Geese--The story of the Gobang Mining Company, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Plucked Geese--The story of the Gobang Mining Company, 1890

The Opportunist Majority, May 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Opportunist Majority, May 1894

Bureau de la loterie royale sous la Restauration, 1820. Creator: Anonymous
Bureau de la loterie royale sous la Restauration, 1820. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

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

Railway Mania, 1845. Creator: Alfred Crowquill
Railway Mania, 1845. Speculators hang on to the tail of a long-haired troll-like creature riding a steam locomotive, the personification of Railway Mania

John Bull, with open mouth, is ready to swallow any quantity of Railroad, 1845. Illustration to a story by Alfred Crowquill

The Railway World - Ironing Done Here, 1845. Creator: Alfred Crowquill
The Railway World - Ironing Done Here, 1845. A globe covered in railway tracks, from a comic story written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill on the subject of railway speculation - investment in

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 North Country Transfer... 1805. Trotter, Paymaster of the Navy, leaving the Bank of England with two sacks. Abraham Newland (Chief Cashier) appears through the door

Satire on the national debt, 1782 (1785). Artist
Satire on the national debt, 1782 (1785). An historical, emblematical, patriotical and political print representing the English Balloon or National Debt in the year 1782

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

Fishing for Flats or a Drag from the Stock Exchange, 1806. Charles James Fox stands on the steps of the Treasury hauling in a net from the Pool of Speculation

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

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

The Poor and Money. Found in the Collection of Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Tenacity in saving brings prosperity in the years. Sparkasse Advertising. Artist: Anonymous
Tenacity in saving brings prosperity in the years. Sparkasse Advertising. Private Collection

The Old Exchange in Antwerp, Early 17th cen Artist: Anonymous
The Old Exchange in Antwerp, Early 17th cen.. From a private collection

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Early 17th cen Artist: Anonymous
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Early 17th cen.. From a private collection

The Courtyard of the Beurs in Amsterdam, 1653. Found in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

John Law, Scottish economist, late 17th-early 18th century (c1880). Artist: Whymper
John Law, Scottish economist, late 17th-early 18th century (c1880). A Scottish economist, gambler, banker, murderer, royal advisor, exile, rake and adventurer

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 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

View of the Royal Exchange London, 1751. Artist: Bowles, Thomas (1695-1767)
View of the Royal Exchange London, 1751. From a private collection

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

Le Speculateur (The Speculator), 1784. Artist: Goez, Joseph Franz, von (1754-1815)
Le Speculateur (The Speculator), 1784. From a private collection

The Old Exchange in Hamburg, 1822. Artist: Geissler (Geisler), Johann Martin Friedrich (1778-1853)
The Old Exchange in Hamburg, 1822. From a private collection

The Berlin Stock Exchange at the Burgstrasse, End 1860s-Early 1870s. Artist: Anonymous
The Berlin Stock Exchange at the Burgstrasse, End 1860s-Early 1870s. From a private collection

Allegory on the Death of Credit, Early 18th cen Artist: Anonymous
Allegory on the Death of Credit, Early 18th cen.. From a private collection

J ai Perdu!, 1824. Artist: Roehn, Adolphe (1780-1867)
J ai Perdu!, 1824. From a private collection

Credit est Mort (Credit is dead), Early 19th cen Artist: Anonymous
Credit est Mort (Credit is dead), Early 19th cen.. From a private collection

A Lucky and Unlucky Speculator, Second Half of the 18th cen Artist: Anonymous
A Lucky and Unlucky Speculator, Second Half of the 18th cen.. From a private collection

John Law, Comptroller General of France, 1720 (1841). A Scottish economist, gambler, banker, murderer, royal advisor, exile, rake and adventurer

Old Stock Exchange, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building was destroyed by fire in 1858

South Sea Bubble, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth
South Sea Bubble, 1721. People queue to enter the Devils shop, while he cuts up Fortune. Clerics of various denominations gamble in the left foreground. People ride on a wooden hobby horse

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