A View of Tombs at Secundrii near Agra, William Hodges, circa 1783

Original wash for plate 40 in william hodges' book 'select views in india'. In 1783 hodges went to sikandra, which is near agra. It takes its name frin sikander lodi (1489-1517), one of the last kings of the delhi sultanante. Along the road from delhi to agra there are many monuments and several tombs, about which hodges wrote: "the tradition is that these tombs were raised by akbar for favourite women of his zenanah and placed round the monument he was raising for his own future interment. The tomb of the emperor is seeing towering above the trees. ". Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1783. Dimensions: height: 49.7 cm (19.5 in) ; width: 66.7 cm (26.2 in). Medium: graphite on laid paper, gray wash, pen and black ink. Depicted Place: Sikandra, Agra. Collection: Yale Center for British Art. William Hodges - A View of the Tombs of Secundrii (Sikandra) near Agra - B1978.43.1797 - Yale Center for British Art

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Author: William Hodges (1744–1797)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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drawings in the yale center for british art paintings by william hodges select views in india, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 uttar pradesh in the 18th century sikandra historical images of akbar's tomb graphite on laid paper gray wash pen and black ink sikandra, agra yale center for british art william hodges