The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in ‘Change Alley in 1720

作品描述

The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in 'Change Alley in 1720 is an 1847 history painting by the British artist Edward Matthew Ward. It depicts a scene in Exchange Alley in the City of London when the South Sea Bubble was at its height in 1720 shortly before the company's dramatic collapse. It was a centre of financial speculation and Ward depicts it in a Hogarthian manner.