Quinquempoix Street - The Bubblers Medley, #22

Reverse image (engraved copy) of a well-known Dutch print ("Rue Quinquempoix en l'Annee 1720" - BM 1655). Scene depicted is of the crowds in the Rue Quinquempoix in Paris during the speculation year.

Verse at bottom reads: 

Behold the famous Pile where Law of late
Bubbl'd the Public to enrich the State,
But Traytor like when he the Work had done
Was Glad to fly the Peoples rage to shun;
Some say for safety he is fled to Rome,

Yet let us not reflect but look at home;
Twixt France & us this difference is found,
Their Bubbles run but our must stand the ground
Grieve not my friends tis but a merry farce
To hear the Kettle call the Pot black Arse.
Entry: D. McNeil, May, 2000

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