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Monument to Sir William Jones

Bacon, John, the Elder (1740 - 1799) (Sculptor)

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Shell Dlg;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 Monument to Sir William Jones (1746-1794), marble, John Bacon the Elder, 1799.\par }

TO THE MEMORY / OF SIR WILLIAM JONES, KNIGHT, / ONE OF THE JUDGES / OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE / AT FORT-WILLIAM, IN BENGAL. / THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED / BY THE HONBLE. EAST-INDIA COMPANY, / IN TESTIMONY / OF THEIR GRATEFUL SENSE OF HIS PUBLIC SERVICES, / THEIR ADMIRATION OF HIS GENIUS AND LEARNING, / AND THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER / AND VIRTUES. / HE DIED IN BENGAL, ON THE 27TH.APRIL, 1794; / AGED 47.PLAN OF THE / ASIATIC SOCIETY.TRANSLATION / OF THE / INSTITUTES / OF / MENUCOURMA AVATARJOHN BACON,.R.A.SCULPTOR. / 1799.