The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times affair 'Water Cresses'

'Water Cresses'

with hens in the foreground

two figures carrying baskets on their heads crossing the street

showing the vaulted ceiling

The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times affair 'Water Cresses''The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times', 1720. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711 1720; the verse 'The Dutch Bubblers', an illustration of 'Mint Coffee House', the playing card Jack of Hearts, a picture of Quinquempoix Street, the verse 'The Bubble Poem', a Stock jobbing cards, and the front page of 'The London Gazette'. The South Sea Bubble was a hoax, centred on the South Sea Company which had been founded in order to trade with Spanish