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South Sea Company
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The South Sea Company was a British joint-stock company founded in January 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in
The Dividend Hall of South Sea House, 1810
The Dividend Hall of South Sea House, 1810
Heraldic grouping above main entrance to the surviving South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, rebuilt after the fire of 1826
Heraldic grouping above main entrance to the surviving South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, rebuilt after the fire of 1826
1723 pro-forma power of attorney signed by a shareholder of the South Sea Company showing the company's coat of arms and the Latin motto A Gadibus usq
1723 pro-forma power of attorney signed by a shareholder of the South Sea Company showing the company's coat of arms and the Latin motto A Gadibus usque Auroram ("From Cádiz to Dawn", Juvenal, Satires, 10)
The South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, 1847. A Hogarthian image of the 1720 "South Sea Bubble" now in the Tate Britain
The South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, 1847. A Hogarthian image of the 1720 "South Sea Bubble" now in the Tate Britain
Robert Walpole
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, ser
South Sea Company
…financial information. All Tory politicians were removed from the board and replaced with businessmen. The Whigs Horatio Townshend, brother in law of Robert Walpole and the Duke of Argyll were elected directors. The change of government led to a revival of the company's share value, which had fallen below its issue…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c. 1740
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c. 1740
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond
Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to Speak in the House of Commons by William Hogarth
Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to Speak in the House of Commons by William Hogarth
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter