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William Hodges: A View of the Fort of Mongheer [Monghyr] Upon the Banks of the River Ganges  wikidata:Q106815874 reasonator:Q106815874
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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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English: A View of the Fort of Mongheer, upon the banks of the River Ganges
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Fort at Monghyr on the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

This is plate 29 from William Hodges' book, 'Select Views in India'. Hodges went to Monghyr in 1781 to draw the fort, which was under British control at that time. Monghyr was a place of considerable importance for the British in Bengal. It was previously an important military outpost for the Mughals, and the fort had been substantially extended by them. The fort is an impressive structure with three gates, one of which had been a strong fortification with square towers, with a deep ditch to protect the landward approach.
Depicted place Monger
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Gray wash and pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper laid down on 19th century wash mount
Dimensions height: 49.7 cm (19.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 67 cm (26.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+49.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+67.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6352575
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B1978.43.1739 (Yale Center for British Art) Edit this at Wikidata
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