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The South Sea scheme
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The South Sea scheme

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 · 1721

CC0 — Public Domain
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Print shows Fortune, Honesty, and Honor being mutilated and beaten amid a crowd of unfortunate investors in the South Sea investment scandal.

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