Execution of Mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Jacobus Buys, 1799, Execution of Cornelis van der Burg, outspoken Patriot mayor of Bolsward, in Leeuwarden on 16 May 1789. As the mayor kneels on the scaffold, the executioner holds the sword over his head and the death sentence is commuted to a twenty-year banishment., print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, h 241 mm × w 157 mm
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Execution, Mayor Cornelis van der Burgh, Leeuwarden, 1789, Reinier Vinkeles, I, Jacobus Buys, 1799, Execution, Cornelis van der Burg, outspoken Patriot mayor, Bolsward, Leeuwarden, 16, 1789, mayor kneels, scaffold, executioner holds, sword, head, death sentence, commuted, twenty-year banishment, print maker, Reinier Vinkeles, I, mentioned, object, intermediary draughtsman, Jacobus Buys, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1799, paper, etching, engraving, h 241 mm × w 157 mm
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