The Destruction of the Old Constitution, decoration on the Botermarkt, 1795, Botermarkt (title on object), The Destruction of the Old Constitution, allegorical decoration erected on the Botermarkt in Amsterdam at the Alliance Festival on June 19, 1795. Decoration in the form of the ruin of a Gothic chapel, on the central chassinet the Envy turns the wheel of the aristocracy which sets a millstone in motion. Illustration in the Batavian revolution and alliance almanach for 1796., print maker: anonymous, publisher: Hendrik Arend Banse, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1795, paper

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