78/6260 [Leeuwarden]. Anonymous (19th cent.). (Monument to J.M. Baljee at the Nieuwe Stads Weeshuis (Leeuwarden orphanage)). Drawing, pen and ink and grey and brown wash, 14x10 cm., tipped onto mount.

= With contemp. manuscript description (1 leaf, recto and verso). Jacobus Martinus Baljee was born in Leeuwarden in 1752. At age 15 he was committed to the Leeuwarden orphanage. After finishing his education as a surgeon, he entered the service of the VOC and made his fortune in the Dutch East Indies. He died childless in 1823 and left everything to the Nieuwe Stads Weeshuis. In 1835, a cast iron memorial column was erected on the courtyard of the grateful orphanage. At one point in the 20th cent. the monument was demolished due to construction works.