A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
William Hodges
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
year
1787
size
12.7 x 18.7 in. / 32.3 x 47.5 cm.
medium
Soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
William Hodges’ impressions of India were the first by any British artist for audiences in England eager to know more about the new colony of the still emerging British Empire. And etchings such as these went a long way in establishing the grandeur of the territories being conquered politically at that time by the commercial entity called the East India Company. This etching, created after Hodges returned to England, captures the yet unsullied landscape with a fort at ‘Lionpoor’ overlooking the quietly flowing Gomti river, somewhere in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
William Hodges
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
1787
Soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
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William Hodges
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty
1787
Soft-ground etching and aquatint on paper
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