Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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4 October 1785
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26763i
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Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The opium factory of the East India Company was situated at Ghāzīpur

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London (22 Charing Cross) : J. Wells, 4 October 1785.

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1 print : soft ground etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32 x 47.6 cm.

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A view of the ruins of a palace at Gazipoor on the river Ganges ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.7

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Wellcome Collection 26763i

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