Description a demonstration on dam square by supporters of the house of orange was dispersed in 1747 by gunmen led by captain scheerenberg
on the right is the town hall, now the royal palace on dam square, which is occupied by demonstrators. They stick a disheveled ball out of the window, as a mocking reference to the rod of justice that the amsterdam sheriff carried with him. In the background the nieuwe kerk. On the left part of the weighing house. The situation is shown as a mirror image, because the drawing served as the basis for a print. Document type: drawing
manufacturer: fokke, simon (1712-1784)
collection: atlas splitgerber collection
dating: 1782
geographical name: dam
dam
building: palace on dam square
inventories: http://archief. Amsterdam/archief/10001
image file: 010001000469. Date: 1782.
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