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Playing cards satirizing the mania of speculation at the time of the South Sea Bubble

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R7011-1-8-E, Volume number: 2

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3985996

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Collection Henry Percival Biggar

Playing cards satirizing the mania of speculation at the time of the South Sea Bubble
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : photomechanical reproduction

Language of material:

English

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Item is a double-sided page, likely from a publication, featuring photomechanical reproductions of engravings. The recto, entitled "Playing cards satirizing the mania of speculation at the time of the South Sea Bubble" depicts reproductions of four playing cards in Worcester College Library, Oxford. A caption accompanies each illustrated card.
The verso features a reproduction of an engraving by Wale and Walker, entitled "The Manilla Galeon taken by Admiral Anson". Image depicts two ships in battle on the water.
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Artist: Wale, Samuel, 1721-1786

Depicted: Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762

Engraver: Walker

Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
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playing cards

Historical Events - 1718
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Private

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2009-00931-2
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R7011]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R7011-1.

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