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230 HISTORY OF
sists of a large sarcophagus, with an elephant in its pediment, on which is a Mah-
ratta captive resting on a cornucopia inverted, whose contents are falling into a
British shield. At the back of the tomb rises a pyramid, and before it is a palm-
tree, on which is suspended a helmet, vest, shield, arrows, colours, and laurel.
The statue of Victory hangs a medallion over the trophies. The figure of the
Asiatic captive, both as to proportion, simplicity, and truth of character, is among
the finest sculptures of our day.
" This monument is erected by the East India Company as a memorial of the
" military talents of Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, K. B. commander in
" chief of the British forces in India ; who, by the success of his arms in the
" years 1760 and 1761, expelled the French from the coast of Coromanilel. In
" 1781 and 1782, he again took the held in the Carnatic, in opposition to the
" united strength of the French and Hyder Ally ; and, in several engagements,
" defeated the numerous forces of the latter. But death interrupted his career of
" glory on the 27th day of April, 1783, in the fifty-eighth year .of his age."
(248). Percy Kirk, Esquire.-This monument, by Scheemakers, repre-
sents a bust of this gentleman, with a winged boy on each side of the pedestal
that supports it; the one bearing in either hand a dagger inverted, and a helmet;
the other rests on a ball, and holds in his left hand a torch reversed. The inscrip-
tion relates, " that he was a lieutenant-general of his Majesty's army, and died
** the 1st of January, 1741, aged fifty-seven: and that he was the son of the
" Honourable Percy Kirk, Esq. lieutenant-general in the reign of James II.
" by the Lady Mary, daughter to George Howard, Earl of Suffolk. In the
" same grave lies Diana Dormer, daughter of John Dormer, of Rousham, in
" Oxfordshire, Esquire, by Diana, sister to the first mentioned Lieutenant-Gene-
" ral Kirk, who, being left sole heiress by her uncle, ordered this monument to
" be erected to his memory. Death snatched her away before she could see her
" grateful intentions executed. She died February 22, A. D. 1743, aged 32."
sists of a large sarcophagus, with an elephant in its pediment, on which is a Mah-
ratta captive resting on a cornucopia inverted, whose contents are falling into a
British shield. At the back of the tomb rises a pyramid, and before it is a palm-
tree, on which is suspended a helmet, vest, shield, arrows, colours, and laurel.
The statue of Victory hangs a medallion over the trophies. The figure of the
Asiatic captive, both as to proportion, simplicity, and truth of character, is among
the finest sculptures of our day.
" This monument is erected by the East India Company as a memorial of the
" military talents of Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, K. B. commander in
" chief of the British forces in India ; who, by the success of his arms in the
" years 1760 and 1761, expelled the French from the coast of Coromanilel. In
" 1781 and 1782, he again took the held in the Carnatic, in opposition to the
" united strength of the French and Hyder Ally ; and, in several engagements,
" defeated the numerous forces of the latter. But death interrupted his career of
" glory on the 27th day of April, 1783, in the fifty-eighth year .of his age."
(248). Percy Kirk, Esquire.-This monument, by Scheemakers, repre-
sents a bust of this gentleman, with a winged boy on each side of the pedestal
that supports it; the one bearing in either hand a dagger inverted, and a helmet;
the other rests on a ball, and holds in his left hand a torch reversed. The inscrip-
tion relates, " that he was a lieutenant-general of his Majesty's army, and died
** the 1st of January, 1741, aged fifty-seven: and that he was the son of the
" Honourable Percy Kirk, Esq. lieutenant-general in the reign of James II.
" by the Lady Mary, daughter to George Howard, Earl of Suffolk. In the
" same grave lies Diana Dormer, daughter of John Dormer, of Rousham, in
" Oxfordshire, Esquire, by Diana, sister to the first mentioned Lieutenant-Gene-
" ral Kirk, who, being left sole heiress by her uncle, ordered this monument to
" be erected to his memory. Death snatched her away before she could see her
" grateful intentions executed. She died February 22, A. D. 1743, aged 32."