File:William Hodges - A View of a Musjd, i.e., Tomb at Jionpoor (Jaunpur) - B1978.43.1728 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg

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William Hodges: A View of a Musjd, i.e., Tomb at Jionpoor [Jaunpur]  wikidata:Q106815858 reasonator:Q106815858
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
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Title
A View of a Musjid, i.e. Tomb at Jionpoor
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: This design was published as plate 13 in '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 1783
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper, laid down on 19th century wash mount
Dimensions height: 49.5 cm (19.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 66.7 cm (26.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+49.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+66.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6352575
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B1978.43.1728 (Yale Center for British Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Source Yale Center for British Art Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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