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Satirical print on the abolition of the death penalty, 1867
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Satirical print on the abolition of the death penalty, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans · 1867 · lithography; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Satirical print on the abolition of the death penalty. MP Van den Berch van Heemstede (?), opponent of the bill, is visited by Death in his study. Published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 10, 9 March 1867.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpotprent over de afschaffing van de doodstraf, 1867. 1867. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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