Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Robert Vernon
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/edward-matthew-ward-580" aria-label="More by Edward Matthew Ward" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Edward Matthew Ward</a>
South Sea Bubble a Scene in Change Alley in 1720
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
businessman
Change Alley
crowd
document - non-specific
dog - non-specific
economics: South Sea Company, 1720
England
furnishings
groups
history
man
objects
people
places
politics and society
public and municipal
reading, writing, printed matter
share trading
shop
signage
street
table
townscapes / man-made features
trading and commercial
UK countries and regions
UK London
woman
work and occupations
<p>The South Sea Bubble was a brief period of wild financial speculation in Britain. It was centred on the fortunes of the South Sea Company, which shipped people from Africa to become enslaved labourers on plantations in Central and South America. British aristocrats and leading politicians were shareholders, which gave a legitimacy to the company and its slave trading activities. The shares were extremely popular and rose rapidly in value. Many other companies, some fraudulent, issued stock. When the stock market collapsed in 1720 a large number of people were financially ruined.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in ‘Change Alley in 1720
support: 1295 × 1880 mm
frame: 1820 × 2410 × 170 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<div><p><span>The South Sea Bubble was a brief period of wild financial speculation in Britain. It was centred on the fortunes of the South Sea Company, which trafficked people from Africa to become enslaved labourers on plantations in Central and South America. British aristocrats and leading politicians were shareholders, which gave a legitimacy to the company and its slave trading activities. The shares were extremely popular and rose rapidly in value. Many other companies, some fraudulent, issued stock. When the stock market collapsed in 1720 a large number of people were financially ruined.</span></p></div>
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adults animals: mammals architecture businessman Change Alley crowd document - non-specific dog - non-specific economics: South Sea Company, 1720 England furnishings groups history man objects people places politics and society public and municipal reading, writing, printed matter share trading shop signage street table townscapes / man-made features trading and commercial UK countries and regions UK London woman work and occupations