John Law

John Law, the inventor of wind negotiation, in his triumphal cart, 1720, De Inventeur der Wind-Negotie, on his Zeege-kar (title on object), Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (series title), John Law, the inventor of the wind negotiation, in his victory chariot pulled by two French roosters. On the right the sentinel of the Mississippi in a tower, in the foreground 'the crippled courier of the South Sea Company'. Printed on the sheet on either side of the plate is a verse in two columns. Print 46 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720. Print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, letterpress printing, height, 327 mm × width, 421 mm. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)