Mirror of Reason for the Desperate Actionist, 1720, Mirror of Reason for the Desperate Actionists (title on object), The Great Table of Foolishness (series title), Mirror of Reason for the Desperate Actionist. A wind merchant who is about to stab himself in the chest with a dagger is held up a mirror by the personification of Reason. In the background, Caution stops the wind trade with a shield marked Y (u003d the IJ in Amsterdam). The sheet surrounding the plate contains three parts of text. Print 34 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print maker: Jacobus Schijnvoet, Amsterdam, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height 157 mm × width 101 mm, height 420 mm × width 328 mm, print
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Mirror, Reason, Desperate Actionist, 1720, Desperate Actionists, title, object, Great Table, Foolishness, series title, wind merchant, stab, chest, dagger, held up, mirror, personification, background, Caution stops, wind trade, shield, marked, Y, u003d, Ij, Amsterdam, sheet surrounding, plate contains three parts, text, Print 34, series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid, cartoons, Windhandel, Actiehandel, print maker, Jacobus Schijnvoet, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height 157 mm ×, width, 101 mm, height 420 mm ×, 328 mm, print
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