Joint Stock Street mb-code 2495343 Scene showing a stampede for

Scene showing a stampede for the park gates through which a coach

A Ticket-porter

the most active in the desersion [sic]

View showing horse-drawn vehicles

'On the bank of an African river'

Joint Stock Street mb-code 2495343 Scene showing a stampede for'Joint Stock Street', 1809. People looking at placards inviting subscriptions to unsound companies pasted on a wall outside a hospital for the victims of speculation mania. The flotation of companies was under discussion owing to the attempts of Winsor to procure a bill to legalize a Gas Light Company, also to the promotion of companies for bridges, public works etc.