sentences:  The people are scattered around the picture with a sense of disorder, while the progress of the well dressed people towards the ride in the middle shows the foolishness of the crowd in buying stock in the South Sea Company, which spent more time issuing stock than anything else.Other early works include "The Lottery" (1724); "The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by the Gormagons" (1724); "A Just View of the British Stage" (1724); some book illustrations; and the small print "Masquerades and Operas" (1724).The latter is a satire on contemporary follies, such as the masquerades of the Swiss impresario John James Heidegger, the popular Italian opera singers, John Rich's pantomimes at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and the exaggerated popularity of Lord Burlington's protégé, the architect and painter William Kent.