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Executions and Riot on the Dam, 1748
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Executions and Riot on the Dam, 1748

Jan Smit (II) · 1748 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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View of the Dam with the town hall, the New Church, the Waag and the Damrak, with the firing by the civic guard in the rows of the pressing spectators on the Dam, 28 June 1748. At the Waag hang the bodies of the executed man and woman (Piet van Dort and the lemon and dried herring seller Mat van den Nieuwendijk) for their role in the Tax Farmers' Riot. Without the caption.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printanti-riot measuresstreet-fights, riotsDam (Amsterdam)Waag op de DamStadhuis van Amsterdam (1655-1808)Pachtersoproer (1747-1750)
Credit lineExecuties en oproer op de Dam, 1748. 1748. Jan Smit (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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