John Stow
London - South Sea House, 1754
An original antique copper-engraving
14 x 18 ½ in
35 x 47 cm
35 x 47 cm
LDNp9357
South Sea House in Bishopsgate Street. View of the front facade and street in front. The South Sea Company was established in 1710, promoted by London financiers John Blunt and...
South Sea House in Bishopsgate Street. View of the front facade and street in front. The South Sea Company was established in 1710, promoted by London financiers John Blunt and George Caswall, and backed by Robert Harley, Lord Treasurer, who saw the South Sea Company as a Tory competitor for the Whig-supported Bank of England. The company was promised a monopoly of all trade to the Spanish colonies in South America in exchange for taking over and consolidating the national debt raised by the War of Spanish Succession.
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