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William Hodges: A View of a Musjid, i.e. Tomb at Jionpoor   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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)
Work location
London, Derby, Bengalen
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artist QS:P170,Q730841
published by John Wells, London
Title
A View of a Musjid, i.e. Tomb at Jionpoor
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: This is plate 13 from 'William Hodges' book, Selected Views in India, Drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783, and Executed in Aquatinta.

Printed and sold for the author (William Hodges) by J. Edwards British. Some of prints published by J. Wells, London British 1786–88.

In 1783 Hodges went to Jaunpur and sketched the mosques built by the kings of the Sharqi dynasty in the 15th century. This picture shows the entrance gateway to the Atala Mosque, which was built in 1408, making it the earliest of all the Sharqi buildings at Jaunpur. The arched entrance to the Atala mosque is over 22 metres high. Along with the arch of the Friday Mosque at Jaunpur, it is the highest in India.
Depicted place Atala Mosque
Date 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Aquatint with etching and engraving.Coloured.
Dimensions height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 48 cm (18.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,48U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
X307(13)
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000307u00013000.html
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