Ruins of the palace and mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
- Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
- Date:
- 1785
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- 26809i
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Fatehpur Sikri was founded in 1570 by the emperor Akbar, grandson of the first Mughal emperor in India, Babur
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London (22 Charing Cross) : J. Wells
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1 print : line etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32 x 47.9 cm.
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A view of the ruins of part of the palace and mosque at Futty poor Sicri ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges
Notes
Four other impressions of this image, two with watercolour and two in monochrome, exist in the Wellcome collection
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.11
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Wellcome Collection 26809i
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