Ruins of the palace and mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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1785
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Ruins of the palace and mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

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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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Four other impressions of this image, two with watercolour and two in monochrome, exist in the collection

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Wellcome Collection 26809i

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