Execution of mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789, C. van den Burg gets the sword over the head (title on object), 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 the death sentence is commuted to a banishment of twenty years., print, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, height, 202 mm × width, 113 mm
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Execution, mayor Cornelis van der Burgh, Leeuwarden, 1789, C, van den Burg gets, sword, head, title, object, Cornelis van der Burg, outspoken patriotic mayor, Bolsward, 16, mayor kneels, scaffold, executioner holds, death sentence, commuted, banishment, twenty years, print, print maker, Reinier Vinkeles, I, mentioned, drawing, Jacobus Buys, Northern Netherlands, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, height, 202 mm × width, 113 mm
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