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Catalogue description Photographs of Richmond Shakespear's grave
This record is held by Royal Society for Asian Affairs
| Reference: | RSAA/SC/S/RS/7 |
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| Title: | Photographs of Richmond Shakespear's grave |
| Description: |
Three colour photographs of the grave of Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear, located at the Protestant Cemetery, Indore. The grave bears the inscription: "To the Beloved Memory of Richmond Campbell Shakespear / died Octr 29 1861 / at the Residency, Indore / aged 42. / The righteous perisheth and / no man taketh it to heart / and mercyiful men are / taken away none considering / that the righteous is taken away from the evil / to come / Isaiah 7 VII 1". Notes: (1) the reference of the inscription passage from Isaiah is, correctly, 57:1; (2) Richmond Campbell was 49 years of age at his death, not 42; (3) the three photographs were taken by Mrs Merilyn Hywel-Jones, January 2003. |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Held by: | Royal Society for Asian Affairs, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 1 file |
| Physical condition: | 3 colour photographs, each 6" x 4". |
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