File:A View of the Pass of Sicri Gully - British Library X307(46).jpg

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William Hodges: A View of the Pass of Sicri Gully   (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)
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London, Derby, Bengalen
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artist QS:P170,Q730841
Title
A View of the Pass of Sicri Gully
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: This is plate 46 from William Hodges' book 'Select Views in India'. The village of Sakrigali is situated on the Ganges and lies at the base of the Rajmahal Hills. The top of the first promontory, which forms the boundary between Bengal and Bihar, is known as the Pass of Sakrigali. Hodges stopped there during his tour of India in 1781 and 1782.
Depicted place Sakrigali
Date 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium lithograph
medium QS:P186,Q15123870
Dimensions height: 33.3 cm (13.1 in); width: 48 cm (18.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,48U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
X307(46)
Place of creation London
Credit line British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000307u00046000.html
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