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Epitaph for Johannes Rannink
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Epitaph for Johannes Rannink

anonymous · 1787-12 · letterpress printing; paper

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

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Black sheet with an epitaph for Johannes Rannink, leader of the axes, the rebellious Orangist Amsterdam shipwrights who rose up on Kattenburg island against the Patriot city government. Fell on 30 May 1787 and buried on 8 December 1787. Text printed in white within a frame decorated with skulls, hourglasses, and crossed scythes.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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text sheetpoemJohannes RanninkKattenburgKattenburgoproer
Credit lineGrafschift voor Johannes Rannink. 1787-12. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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