| Luogo |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Regina |
Vittoria (1837-1901)
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| Tipo | Medaglie commemorative › Medaglia di personalità |
| Anno | 1839 |
| Composizione | Bronzo |
| Diametro | 52 mm |
| Forma | Rotonda |
| Tecnica | Fresato |
| Numero | N# 412223 |
Lord William Bentinck
Busto a sinistra
Scrittura: Latino
Scritta: LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK
Incisore: Charles Frederick Carter
Leggenda
Scrittura: Latino
Scritta:
COPY OF AN INSCRIPTION
ON THE PEDESTAL
OF A BRONZE STATUE BY
WESTMACOTT, AT CALCUTTA.
TO
WILLIAM CAVENDISH BENTINCK WHO DURING SEVEN YEARS RULED INDIA WITH EMINENT PRUDENCE, INTEGRITY, AND BENEVOLENCE; WHO PLACED AT THE HEAD OF A GREAT EMPIRE. NEVER LAID ASIDE THE SIMPLICITY AND MODERATION OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO INFUSED INTO ORIENTAL DESPOTISM THE SPIRIT OF BRITISH FREEDOM; WHO NEVER FORGOT THAT THE END OF GOVERNMENT IS THE HAPPINESS OF THE GOVERNED; WHO ABOLISHED CRUEL RITES; WHO EFFACED HUMILIATING DISTINCTIONS WHO GAVE LIBERTY TO THE EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPINION: WHOSE CONSTANT STUDY IT WAS TO ELEVATE THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL CHARACTER OF THE NATION COMMITTED
TO HIS CHARGE:
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY MEN WHO,
DIFFERING IN RACE, IN MANNERS, IN
LANGUAGE, AND IN RELIGION, CHERISH
WITH EQUAL VENERATION AND
GRATITUDE THE MEMORY OF
HIS WISE, UPRIGHT, AND PATERNAL
ADMINISTRATION.
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