Funeral column for Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot, professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Utrecht. The column bears his portrait, in profile at half-height in an oval to the left, surmounted by a skull with a laurel wreath. Next to the portrait are, among other things, a toppled hourglass and a winged scythe, both symbols for time. On the steps in front of the portrait is a weeping putto with a commemorative plaque under his arm, Grave column for Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot Grafzuyl ter gedagtenisse van den overleden Proff. Ballot , print maker: George Kockers, (mentioned on object), Middelburg, 1798, paper, etching, h 312 mm × w 240 mm