drawing
- Museum number
- 1888,0503.50
- Description
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Design for a monument to Sir William Jones (?), Indian judge and orientalist, or Friedrich Christian Schwarz, the Indian missionary; figure lies dying in bed, clasping hand of Indian Rajah beside him, two servants also attend to right, along with group of four boys, chaplain at head of bed to left
Pen and grey ink with grey wash
- Production date
- 1755-1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 105 millimetres
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Width: 124 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1888,0503.41, 1900,0824.209, 1900,0824.210 and 1900,0824.211 for preparatory drawings for two known monuments to William Jones by Flaxman, both in Oxford. The first of the above-listed drawings also has the word 'duplicate' written above the image.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Acquisition notes
- Perhaps Probably Flaxman sale, Christie's, 11.iv.1862/part of lot 352, two in the lot 'To a missionary; and a typanum, "He is not here but risen"' bt £1-10-0
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1888,0503.50
