- Title
- Seven of Diamonds
- attributed to Bowles, Carington, associated name, publisher
- 1721
- 1721
- One of 52 playing cards satirizing the South Sea Bubble of 1720. "Imprint supplied from Catherine P. Hargrove, A history of playing cards." Cf. Kress Lib.
- 90 x 59 mm
- No linguistic content
- engravings (prints)
playing cards - South Sea Company
men (male humans)
financial crises
business panics
clergy
satire (artistic device) - British, English
- British
- pasteboard (paper)
engraving (printing process)
hand coloring - Inscription: Three Rev'rend Teachers, mutually agree / To venture just one Thousand in South Sea / Thus Stock they bought, by Tyths, turn'd into Gold / And fear will fetch them, but a Tyth when Sold
- Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
- 8001625457_URN-3:HBS.BAKER:228058
- Title
- Seven of Diamonds
- Creator / Contributor
- attributed to Bowles, Carington, associated name, publisher
- Date
- 1721
- Normalized Date
- 1721
- Description
- One of 52 playing cards satirizing the South Sea Bubble of 1720. "Imprint supplied from Catherine P. Hargrove, A history of playing cards." Cf. Kress Lib.
- Extent
- 90 x 59 mm
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Genre
- engravings (prints)
playing cards - Subjects
- South Sea Company
men (male humans)
financial crises
business panics
clergy
satire (artistic device) - Culture
- British, English
- Style / Period
- British
- Materials / Techniques
- pasteboard (paper)
engraving (printing process)
hand coloring - Notes
- Inscription: Three Rev'rend Teachers, mutually agree / To venture just one Thousand in South Sea / Thus Stock they bought, by Tyths, turn'd into Gold / And fear will fetch them, but a Tyth when Sold
- Repository
- Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
- Record ID
- 8001625457_URN-3:HBS.BAKER:228058
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