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228 HISTORY OF
" which were borne him living, and the lamentations bestowed upon his ashes.
" Among many instances of his liberal spirit, one deserves to be distinctly re-
" corded:—During his residence in Ireland, he obtained the grant of an additional
" £4000. per annum for all subsequent viceroys; at the same time nobly declining
" that emolument himself."
(244) . Sir Clifton Wintringham, Baronet.-A basement supports a female
figure, kneeling, resting her elbow on, and weeping at the feet of, a sarcophagus,
which has a bas-relief on it, representing a physician relieving a sick female, sur-
rounded by her children, and an old man on a bed of straw. It is from the
chisel of Banks.
" Memorise sacrum Cliftoni Wintringham, Baronetti, M. D. qui, domi
** rnilitiaeque, tam in re medica insignis, quam ob. vita; innocentiam morumque
" suavitate prseclarus flebilis omnibus obiit 10 Jan. A. D. 1794, set. sua:. 83.
" Monumentum hoc, amoris quo vivum coluerat maritum, desiderii qu6 mortuum
" prosecuta est, indicium ut esset diuturnum, extrui curavit Anna Wintringham."
(245) . Jonas Hanway, Esquire.-The expence of this monument, to per-
petuate the splendid usefulness of his life, was defrayed by the subscriptions of
those who were the more immediate witnesses of that active benevolence, both
public and private, which directed and governed it. The Foundling and Mag-
dalen Hospitals, as well as that admirable and patriotic institution, the Marine
Society, owe as much to him as the gratitude of those who receive benefit from
them will ever be able to repay—On a sarcophagus, Britannia is represented, in
bas-relief, Avith the emblems of Government, Peace, War, Trade, and Naviga-
tion, as distributing raiment to a naked boy; another is in the act of supplicat-
ing her aid; a third, in a state of prosperity, leans on a rudder, and points to
the medallion of his benefactor, a very faithful likeness of the original, attached
to a pyramid with a lamp on the top of it. The flags of England are displayed,
" which were borne him living, and the lamentations bestowed upon his ashes.
" Among many instances of his liberal spirit, one deserves to be distinctly re-
" corded:—During his residence in Ireland, he obtained the grant of an additional
" £4000. per annum for all subsequent viceroys; at the same time nobly declining
" that emolument himself."
(244) . Sir Clifton Wintringham, Baronet.-A basement supports a female
figure, kneeling, resting her elbow on, and weeping at the feet of, a sarcophagus,
which has a bas-relief on it, representing a physician relieving a sick female, sur-
rounded by her children, and an old man on a bed of straw. It is from the
chisel of Banks.
" Memorise sacrum Cliftoni Wintringham, Baronetti, M. D. qui, domi
** rnilitiaeque, tam in re medica insignis, quam ob. vita; innocentiam morumque
" suavitate prseclarus flebilis omnibus obiit 10 Jan. A. D. 1794, set. sua:. 83.
" Monumentum hoc, amoris quo vivum coluerat maritum, desiderii qu6 mortuum
" prosecuta est, indicium ut esset diuturnum, extrui curavit Anna Wintringham."
(245) . Jonas Hanway, Esquire.-The expence of this monument, to per-
petuate the splendid usefulness of his life, was defrayed by the subscriptions of
those who were the more immediate witnesses of that active benevolence, both
public and private, which directed and governed it. The Foundling and Mag-
dalen Hospitals, as well as that admirable and patriotic institution, the Marine
Society, owe as much to him as the gratitude of those who receive benefit from
them will ever be able to repay—On a sarcophagus, Britannia is represented, in
bas-relief, Avith the emblems of Government, Peace, War, Trade, and Naviga-
tion, as distributing raiment to a naked boy; another is in the act of supplicat-
ing her aid; a third, in a state of prosperity, leans on a rudder, and points to
the medallion of his benefactor, a very faithful likeness of the original, attached
to a pyramid with a lamp on the top of it. The flags of England are displayed,