Mausoleum of Makhdam Shah Daulut at Maner, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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20 December 1786
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Mausoleum of Makhdam Shah Daulut at Maner, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The mausoleum is the subject of another, later, view by Thomas and William Daniell, published in their series Oriental scenery, I, with lettering "The Mausoleum of Mucdoom Shah Dowlut, at Moneah, on the River Soane". See Mildred Archer op. cit.

Early views in India, Mildred Archer, London 1980, p. 42. The Muslim saint, Makhdam Shah Daulat, had died in 1608 and was interred in Maner, a village near the junction of the rivers Son and Ganges, 25 miles (40km) west of Patna. His mausoleum was later erected by a disciple.

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London (22 Charing Cross) : J. Wells, 20 December 1786.

Physical description

1 print : soft ground etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32.3 x 47.8 cm.

Lettering

A view of a mosque, at Mounheer ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.17

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Wellcome Collection 26713i

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