Letter associated with tobacco box 'tenant riot', The accompanying letter with 'tobacco box tenant riot' explains where the images on the tobacco box refer to. Cover: the militia shot at the crowd during an execution on Dam Square. Bottom: looting of a tenant house on the Singel. Backside: the killing of a Swede, one of the main rioters. On the front an image of shooters shooting at fleeing people. Furthermore, plant motifs and text cartouches. On the inside of the hinged lid a label: NAA / 3160, Amsterdam, Jacobus Koning (attributed to), 1764, paper, ink, writing (processes), h cm × w 13

---

Letter associated with tobacco box 'tenant riot', The accompanying letter with 'tobacco box tenant riot' explains where the images on the tobacco box refer to. Cover: the militia shot at the crowd during an execution on Dam Square. Bottom: looting of a tenant house on the Singel. Backside: the killing of a Swede, one of the main rioters. On the front an image of shooters shooting at fleeing people. Furthermore, plant motifs and text cartouches. On the inside of the hinged lid a label: NAA / 3160, Amsterdam, Jacobus Koning (attributed to), 1764, paper, ink, writing (processes), h cm × w cm

---

Size: 6000px × 4430px
Location:
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1764, 3160, accompanying, amsterdam, attributed, backside, bottom, box, cartouches, cover, crowd, dam, execution, explains, fleeing, front, hinged, house, image, images, ink, jacobus, killing, koning, label, letter, lid, looting, main, militia, motifs, naa, paper, people, plant, processes, refer, riot, rioters, shooters, shooting, shot, singel, square, swede, tenant, text, tobacco, writing