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Epitaph from the church in Chinsura, second half 18th century. Chinsura in Bengal (Northeast India) was one of the key trading posts of the VOC. Under its director, George Louis Vernet, a church was built at Chinsura in 1767. As was traditional in European churches, memorials were placed on the walls to commemorate high-ranking officials who had died in Asia in the service of the Company. Far right: Vernet's epitaph - the director died in Batavia in 1775. The second from the left is the epitaph of Theodora Hendrica Piekenbroek. She was the daughter of a Dutch preacher from Batavia. After marrying Boudewijn Versewel Faure - whose memorial is also shown here - she moved to Chinsura, where they both died within a short space of time. Theodora was only 23: the death rate among Europeans in Bengal was high.
Dutch Sources on South Asia’ c. 1600-1825 Vol. 2 (2007) p. 307-308
D.G. van Epen, 'Grafschriften in Voor-Indië', De Wapenheraut I (1897), p. 175.
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Grafbord van Pieter de Brueys (1750-83), opperkoopman en hoofd-administrateur te Chinsura
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Het grafbord is afkomstig uit het koor van de in 1767 door de Nederlanders gebouwde kerk te Chinsurah, India. Deze kerk is in 1978 afgebroken? [Dick de Jong, 2002]
height 104 cm x width 103 cm x depth 6 cm
inscription: ‘Pieter Brueys van I.A. Opper koopman en Hoofd administrateur Overleeden te Cintsurah den 23 August Anno 1783 in den Ouderdom van 52 Jaaren 9 Maanden 17 Dagen’
Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, Fort Gustavus, Chinsurah, near Calcutta;{Note RMA.} collection of the Dutch church of Chinsurah, 1783;{Note RMA.} donated by the Bishop of Calcutta through the mediation of the vice-consul of the Netherlands, Pieter de Josselin de Jong (1912-93), with 13 other objects, to the museum, 1949
opschrift: ‘Pieter Brueys van I.A. Opper koopman en Hoofd administrateur Overleeden te Cintsurah den 23 August Anno 1783 in den Ouderdom van 52 Jaaren 9 Maanden 17 Dagen’
Grafbord van Pieter de Brueys. Ruitvormig van Indisch hout. Beschilderd. Zwarte lijst. Wapen op zwarte grond. Opschrift in gele letters: 'Pieter Brueys van I.A. Opper koopman en Hoofd administrateur Overleeden te Cintsurah den 23 August Anno 1783 in den Ouderdom van 52 Jaaren 9 Maanden 17 Dagen'.
Grafbord van Pieter de Brueys. Ruitvormig van Indiaas hout. Beschilderd. Zwarte lijst. Wapen op zwarte grond. Opschrift in gele letters: 'Pieter Brueys van I.A. Opper koopman en Hoofd administrateur Overleeden te Cintsurah den 23 August Anno 1783 in den Ouderdom van 52 Jaaren 9 Maanden 17 Dagen'.
hoogte 104 cm (diagonaal gemeten) x breedte 103 cm x diepte 6 cm