Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Allegory of the French economy with the portrait of Philip II, Duke of Orléans, verso lower left - stamped, Portrait of Philip II, Duke of Orléans. On the left sits the sad personification of France, with an empty horn, bonds and promissory notes at her feet. Behind the portrait a winged woman with an hourglass, surrounded by clouds, who refers to the Wind Trade and the time that will come. Mercury points France to the portrait of the duke, who in 1716 gave the Scottish economist John Law permission to set up a bank to stimulate the French economy. Minerva points to a horn with money. Next to it sits an Indian with a map of Louisiana, where Law founded a company that operated the state bank. In the background on the right, soldiers are defending the French Banque Royale, which is being stormed by the people because of the unrest resulting from the Wind Trade of 1720., print, engraving, letterpress printing, book illustration, prints, height 125 mm, width 199