File:William Hodges - A View of a Hindoo Monument (near Murshidabad) - B1978.43.1794 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg

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William Hodges: A View of a Hindoo Monument (near Murshidabad)  wikidata:Q106816022 reasonator:Q106816022
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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
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A View of a Hindoo Monument
Object type drawing
English: Original sketch for 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.
Depicted place Murshidabad
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Graphite on laid paper, laid down on 19th century wash mount
Dimensions height: 48.3 cm (19 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 66 cm (25.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+48.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+66.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6352575
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B1978.43.1794 (Yale Center for British Art) Edit this at Wikidata
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