C1788

A View of Part of the Ruins of the City of Agra.

Artist:

William Hodges (1744 - 1797)

The view depicts the ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707) and, according to Hodges, some “similar monuments of once human greatness … now dissolving in the dust”. Agra located on the west bank of the river Yamuna … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

A View of Part of the Ruins of the City of Agra.

Date:

C1788

Artist:

William Hodges (1744 - 1797)

Condition:

Repair tear lower right and slight marking in sky.

Technique:

Original aquatint printed in sepia.

Image Size: 

450mm 
x 290mm
AUTHENTICITY
A View of Part of the Ruins of the City of Agra. - Antique Print from 1788

Genuine antique
dated:

1788

Description:

The view depicts the ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707) and, according to Hodges, some “similar monuments of once human greatness … now dissolving in the dust”. Agra located on the west bank of the river Yamuna became the capital of the Mughal Empire under the rule of Akbar (1556-1605).

Reference: EVOI pg 97-100 ill pg 99 TIA II 416-35 SSIT pg 44-44 ill fig. 16,17,

Biography:

William Hodges (1744-1797) 

Hodges was the artist on Cook’s second voyage of discovery and the first British professional landscape artist to visit India. Under the patronage of Warren Hastings, Hodges spent over three years in the country from 1780 to 1783 and on his return published the series entitled ‘Select Views in India’.

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