JOURTAGE OF BOUTER CORNELIS VAN DER BURGH in LEEUWARDEN, 1789, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Execution of Cornelis van der Burg, pronounced Patriotic mayor of Bolsward, in Leeuwarden on May 16, 1789. When the mayor kneels blindfolded on the scaffold, the executioner keeps the sword over his head and the death sentence is converted into a banning of twenty years. Amsterdam paper etching violent death by hanging. pardon, reprieve Leeuwarden

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