Palace of Shuja-ud-Daula at Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
- Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
- Date:
- 14 December 1787
- Reference:
- 26832i
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Early views in India, Mildred Archer, London 1980, no. 59. Faizabad had been the capital of Oudh, now Uttar Pradesh, under Shuja-ud-Daula, who ruled from 1754-1775
Publication/Creation
London (103 Strand) : J. Grives, 14 December 1787.
Physical description
1 print : soft ground etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32.7 x 47.8 cm.
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A view of part of the palace of the late Nabob Suja ul Dowla at Fizabad ; 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. 416.37
Notes
Five other impressions of this image, three with watercolour and two in monochrome, exist in the collection
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Wellcome Collection 26832i
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