A View of the Mosque at Futtipoor Sicri, William Hodges, 1782

Original wash drawing that would be published as plate 12 from william hodges' book 'select views in india'. Fatehpur sikri was built by the mughal emperor akbar in the 1570s. The palace was abandoned by the time of hodges' 1782 visit, but its main buildings were still intact. The mosque was built in 1571 and the great gateway on the left of the picture was added in 1576. Hodges found the mosque a magnificent building designed "in a high style of moorish architecture". Object Type: painting. Date: 1782. Dimensions: height: 49.5 cm (19.4 in) ; width: 95.3 cm (37.5 in). Medium: graphite, gray wash, laid paper. Depicted Place: Fatehpur Sikri. Collection: Yale Center for British Art. William Hodges - A View of the Mosque at Futtipoor Sicri (Fatepur Sikri) - B1978.43.1786 - 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 historical images of fatehpur sikri graphite gray wash laid paper fatehpur sikri yale center for british art william hodges