Entrance to a mosque at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.
- Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
- Date:
- 20 December 1786
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- 26842i
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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 Wellcome Collection catalogue no. 27675i, and Mildred Archer op. cit. where she makes extensive comparisons between the two views
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.
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A view of a mosque, at Chunar Gur ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges
Notes
Three other impressions of this print, all in monochrome, exist in the collection
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.19
Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, p. 99
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26842i
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