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Captain Scheerenberg Drives Out the Rioters, 1747

Simon Fokke · 1782 · etching; engraving; paper

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Under the command of Captain Abraham Scheerenberg, Orangist rioters are driven out of the town hall and the Dam, 9 November 1747. In the occupied town hall, a demonstrator throws a rage bolt out of the window, a mocking reference to the rod carried by the sheriff. In the center, the Nieuwe Kerk; on the right, part of the weigh house.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print historieprent Abraham Scheerenberg church (exterior)townhall plundering ~ riot weigh-house strike (political demonstration)

Credit lineKapitein Scheerenberg verjaagt de oproerkraaiers, 1747. 1782. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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