Women?s Skating Competition on the City Canal in Leeuwarden
Women?s Skating Competition on the City Canal in Leeuwarden, Jan. 21, 1809, by Nicolaas Baur, 1809, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. Crowd watched sixty-four unmarried women vie for a gold cap-brooch. On right, the finalists skated with bare arms, and such immodesty caused the cancelation of the race for several years. Houkje Gerrits Bouma won the race (BSLOC_2016_2_18)
Picture No
11110177
Media ID
45267957
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3000px x 2329px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
