A View of the Gate of the Caravan Serai, at Raje Mahel, William Hodges

This was published as plate 4 from william hodges' book, 'select views in india'. It shows a rest house for caravan travellers at rajmahal, which hodges visited in 1781. Located on the west bank of the ganges, it had at various times been the capital of the eastern provinces the mughal empire. It had particularly flourished in the 17th century under the governor shah sujah, son of the mughal emperor, shah jahan. Hodges was fascinated by the caravanserai, which he found "almost perfect", because it possessed "military strength no less than beauty". Object Type: drawing. Dimensions: height: 49.7 cm (19.5 in) ; width: 66 cm (25.9 in). Medium: gray wash, laid paper, pen and black ink over graphite. Collection: Yale Center for British Art. William Hodges - A View of the Gate of the Caravan Serai at Raje Mahel (Rajmahal) - B1978.43.1726 - 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 bihar in the 1780s rajmahal gray wash laid paper pen and black ink over graphite yale center for british art william hodges