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Captain Scheerenberg Drives Away the Rioters, 1747

Simon Fokke · 1782 - 1796 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Under the command of Captain Abraham Scheerenberg, Orange-sympathizing rioters are driven out of the town hall and from the Dam. 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 centre, the New Church; on the right, part of the weigh house.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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print boekillustratie historieprent Abraham Scheerenberg church (exterior)townhall plundering ~ riot weigh-house

Credit lineKapitein Scheerenberg verjaagt de oproerkraaiers, 1747. 1782 - 1796. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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