Verklaring bij de tekening Quincampoix of de grote Wind en Koolverkoper

This Dutch manuscript explains a satirical print mocking the Mississippi Bubble financial collapse of 1720. The text describes figures engaged in fraudulent speculation—a common subject of early eighteenth-century print satire across Europe. Such hand-annotated explanations accompanied popular engravings, allowing viewers to decode the symbolic and topical references embedded in caricature. This tradition of political and social commentary through exaggerated portraiture and emblematic scenes directly influenced later masters like Hogarth and Gillray, establishing visual satire as a vital medium for public criticism before the rise of newspapers and comics.