Execution of mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789, Execution of Cornelis van der Burg, outspoken patriotic mayor of Bolsward, in Leeuwarden on May 16, 1789. When the mayor kneels on the scaffold, the executioner holds the sword above his head and is death sentence commuted to twenty years' banishment., print, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, height, 242 mm × width, 146 mm
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Execution, mayor Cornelis van der Burgh, Leeuwarden, 1789, Cornelis van der Burg, outspoken patriotic mayor, Bolsward, 16, mayor kneels, scaffold, executioner holds, sword, head, death sentence commuted, twenty years, banishment, print, print maker, Reinier Vinkeles, I, mentioned, object, drawing, Jacobus Buys, Northern Netherlands, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, height, 242 mm × width, 146 mm
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