Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801, British

after William Hodges, 1744–1797, British

Published by William Hodges, 1744–1797, British

Title:

A View of the Gate of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundrii

Date:

1786

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "IR304/2"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1979.22.2

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

William Hodges, RA (1744-1797) (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)

Publications:

John Crowley, Imperial landscapes, Britains's global visual culture 1745-1820 , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011, pp. 179-80, fig. 206, N8214.5 G7 C76 2011 + (YCBA)

Isabel Combs Stuebe, Life and works of William Hodges, , Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1979, pp. xx, 274-75, no. 403, fig. 244, NJ18 H646 S75 1979 (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44656