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William Hodges is thought to have painted this view of the ruined mosque at Raj Mahal in the mid 1780s for Warren Hastings, then Governor General of Bengal. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1787, a year before the commencement of Hastings' impeachment trial. The two men had first met in Calcutta in early 1781, not long after Hodges had arrived in India. Hastings became one of Hodges' most important patrons, providing him with a salary from the East India Company, to which he himself contributed, and purchasing many of his paintings, prints and drawings. William Hodges is known for his paintings of Indian subjects and for his important work as the official artist on board the 'Resolution' during Captain Cook's second expedition to the South Pacific between 1772 and 1775.
In 2004 this painting went on loan to the exhibition 'William Hodges 1744–1797: The Art of Exploration', first held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The exhibition subsequently toured to the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, and Auckland Art Gallery.
Title
View of a Mosque at Raj Mahal, India
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 105.5 x W 128 cm
Accession number
16592
Acquisition method
purchased from Morton Morris, 1987
Work type
Painting
Government Art Collection
Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, Greater London SW1A 2BL England
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