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‘Select Views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, and executed in aqua tinta, by William Hodges, R.A., London.’

48 aquatints in sepia with etching and soft-ground etching by and after William Hodges; page size: 483 by 644 mm; plate size: 325 by 482 mm.

Probably published initially by William Hodges (plates 1-4), then by John Wells, 22 Charing Cross (plates 5-28), and lastly by J. Grives, 103 Strand, London (29-48), 1785-88 (issued in 12 equal parts).

Each plate lettered ‘Drawn on the Spot & engraved by W. Hodges’, and as below, with imprint details.

Published finally in two volumes of 24 plates each, with lists of the plates in each part numbered 1-24, as below:

‘Volume the First’

‘contains’

‘No.’

‘1. A View of Part of the City of Oudh.’

‘2. A View of the North End of Chunar Gur.’

‘3. A View of the West side of Chunar Gur.’

‘4. A View of the Gate of the Caravan Serai at Rajemahel.’

‘5. A View of the North-West side of the Fort of Gwalior.’

‘6. A View of South side of the same Fort.’

‘7. A View of the Palace at Gauzipoor.’

‘8. A View of Tombs at Ditto.’

‘9. A View of Luttefpour.’

‘10. A View of Bidjegur.’

‘11. A View of the Palace at Futtypoor Sicri.’

‘12. A View of the Mosque at Ditto.’

‘13. A View of a Musjid at Jionpoor.’

‘14. A View of a Mosque at Rajemahel.’

‘15. A View of the Fort of Agra from the North East.’

‘16. A View of a Bengal Farm Yard.’

‘17. A View of a Mosque at Mounhier.’

‘18. A View of Ditto from the South East.’

‘19. A View of a Gate leading to the Mosque at Chunar Gur.’

‘20. A View of the Fort of Allahabad.’

‘21. A View of Part of the City of Benares.’

‘22. A View of the Pagodas at Deogar.’

‘23. A View of the Great Pagoda at Tanjore.’

‘24. A View of the Bridge over the Oodooa Nulla.’

‘Volume the Second’

‘contains’

‘No.’

‘1. A View of a Hill Village in Bengal.’

‘2. A View of the Gaut at Etawa.’

‘3. A View of the Ravines at Ditto.’

‘4. A View of Chinsura, the Dutch settlement in Bengal.’

‘5. A View of the Fort of Mongheer.’

‘6. A View of the East Gate of Ditto.’

‘7. A View of a Mosque at Gauzipoor.’

‘8. A View of an insulated rock in the River Ganges.’

‘9. A View of the Fort of Jionpoor, on the banks of the River Goomty.’

‘10. A View of a Bridge at Jionpoor, over the River Goomty.’

‘11. A View of Part of the Ruins of the City of Agra.’

‘12. A View of a Mausoleum at Etmadpoor.’

‘13. A View of Part of the Palace of the late Sujah ul Dowlah at Fizabad.’

‘14. A View of Part of the Palace of the late Sujah ul Dowlah at Fizabad.’

‘15. A View of Part of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundrii.’

‘16. A View of Tombs at Secundrii, near Agra.’

‘17. A View of the Cuttera built by Jaffier Cawn at Muxadabad.’

‘18. A View of Firozeabad.’

‘19. A View of Shekoabad.’

‘20. A View of the Fort of Peteter.’

‘21. A View of the city of Benares.’

‘22. A View of the pass of Sicri Gully, i.e. Sicli Gully.’

‘23. A View in the Jungle Terry in Bengal.’

‘24. A View of a Hindoo Monument.’