Thomas Morris, born 1771, Britishafter William Hodges, 1744–1797, British
Title:
A View of the Tomb of the Emperor Sher Shah at Sasseram in Bahar
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 5/16 × 29 3/8 inches (56.7 × 74.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left; "Drawn on the Spot & Painted by Hodges."; lettered, lower center: "A View of the Tomb of the Emperor Shere Shah at Sasseram in Bahar. | Published May 1st 1786, by W. Hodges, Queen Street, May Fair, London"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Morris."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.22.1
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)Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
Publications:
Douglas Fordham, Aquatint Worlds : Travel, Print, and Empire 1770-1820, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, p. 48, fig. 32, NE2230 .F674 2019 (LC) OversizeMorna O'Neill, Company Culture:, British Artists and the East India Company 1770-1830: October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2003, no. 18, V 1199 (YCBA)Isabel Combs Stuebe, Life and works of William Hodges, , Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1979, pp. xx, 271, no. 392, fig. 240, NJ18 H646 S75 1979 (YCBA)