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C1788
A View of the Fort of Peteter.
Artist:
William Hodges (1744-1797) 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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A View of the Fort of Peteter.
Date:
C1788
Artist:
Condition:
Slight mark on right hand side and faint creasing.
Technique:
Original aquatint printed in sepia.
Image Size:
455mm
x 300mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1788
Description:
William Hodges (1744-1797) 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’.
Hodges sketched the Fort of Patihata in 1781, during his stay with Governor General Warren Hastings at Chunar. The fort of Patihata was at that time being held by the rebellious Nawab Chait Singh, but British forces attacked and reclaimed the fort. Chait Singh fled west to Gwalior.
Reference: EVOI pg 97-100 ill pg 99 TIA II 416-44 SSIT pg 44-44 ill fig. 16,17,
William Hodges (1744 - 1797)
William Hodges was born in London, the only son of Ann and Charles Hodges, a blacksmith of St. James's Market London. They encouraged their son's talent for drawing and placed him in William Shipley's drawing school at Castle Court in the Strand. Joining Richard Wilson as an apprentice in 1758, he was required to assist his master 'in dead colouring and the forwarding of pictures'. A short period of study under Wilson and Cipriani at the Duke of Richmond's Gallery developed his style for classical composition. He was appointed artist on the Resolution and left Plymouth on 13 July 1772 and returned on 29 July 1775.
