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William Hodges: A View of a Hindoo Monument   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Hodges  (1744–1797)  wikidata:Q730841 s:en:Author:William Hodges q:en:William Hodges
 
William Hodges
Description British explorer and painter
Date of birth/death 28 October 1744 Edit this at Wikidata 6 March 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Brixham (Devonshire)
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London, Derby, Bengalen
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artist QS:P170,Q730841
Title
A View of a Hindoo Monument
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: Plate 48 in William Hodges' book 'Select Views in India'. Hodges went to Murshidabad in 1781, and it is likely that during this visit he came upon this cluster of monuments on the city's outskirts. They had been erected in memory of women who had performed the act of Sati, which Hodges described as "a well-known custom amongst the Hindoos, that the women, upon the death of their husbands, burn themselves on the funeral pile of the deceased". It is questionable whether the act of Sati was as "well-known" as Hodges believed. He claimed to have witnessed a Sati in October 1781 while in Varanasi, and although he was clearly fascinated by what he saw, he also expressed horror and outrage at the practice.


England, London, 1788
Series: Select Views in India
Prints
Sepia aquatint
Gift of Aruna and Ranjit Roy (M.2001.210.2)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Depicted place Murshidabad
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Image- 11 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. (28.89 x 45.4 cm); Sheet- 16 5/16 x 22 1/4 in. (41.43 x 56.52 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q1641836
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M.2001.210.2
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