Identification title(s): the quincampoix coffee house in amsterdam, 1720. Quinquanpoix (title on object). The great scene of folly (series title). Object type: print cartoon object number: bi-b-fm-077-12. Catalog reference: fmh 3545-(10). Fmh 3535. Atlas van stolk 3464-10. Description: central representation of the quincampoix coffee house in the kalverstraat, the center of the action trade in amsterdam, 1720. In the frame references to projects in muiden, utrecht, harlingen, weesp, rotterdam and the mississippi. At the bottom a coat of arms made up of windmills and a jester's head. In the caption a verse in four columns. Print in the bound first edition (304 b 11) of het groote tafereel der dwaasheid with cartoons on the windhandel or actiehandel of 1720. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1720. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 314 mm × w 389 mm. Subject: what: inn, coffee-house, public house, etc. Financial panic. Wind trade from 1720. When: 1720 - 1720. Where: quincampoix coffee house. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1720.
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