Entrance to a mosque at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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20 December 1786
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26842i
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Entrance to a mosque at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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There is another, later, view of the entrance to the mosque by Thomas and William Daniell, published in their series Oriental scenery, I, with the lettering "Gate leading to a Musjed, at Chunar Ghur". See ICV 51160 and also Mildred Archer op. cit. where she makes extensive comparisons between the two views

Early views in India, Mildred Archer, London 1980, p. 99, reproduced.

Publication/Creation

London (22 Charing Cross) : J. Wells, 20 December 1786.

Physical description

1 print : soft ground etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32.7 x 47.8 cm.

Lettering

A view of a mosque, at Chunar Gur ; 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. 416.19

Notes

Three other impressions of this image, all in monochrome, exist in the collection

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Wellcome Collection 26842i

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