Picture No | 10200753 |
Date | 1719 |
Description | MISSISSIPPI SCHEME |
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Allegorical representation of the Mississippi scheme which, like the South Sea Bubble in England, is a scandalous plan whereby investors are enticed into a get-rich-quick fraud.
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Source | cartoon by an unnamed artist of the time |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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