The Bubblers' Mirrour, or England's Folly Finish:Float frame on the Old Kent Road

on the Old Kent Road

A pea seller catching peas in her apron

The vinegar works were established on the former site of Cuper's Pleasure Gardens

View of Haberdashers' Square

'The difference between law and justice'

The Bubblers' Mirrour, or England's Folly Finish:Float frame on the Old Kent Road'The Bubblers' Mirrour, or England's Folly', 1720. Showing the head and shoulders of a man, looking distressed, holding an empty money bag. The border consists of a list of 'bubbles', with a satirical coat of arms and verses below. It is a satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711 1720. This bubble, or hoax, centred on the South Sea Company which had been founded in order to trade with Spanish America on the assumption that the War of the Spanish