William Hodges: A Dissertation on the Prototypes of Architectures, Hindoo, Moorish, and Gothic

One book by William Hodges published in 1787.

In his youth, William Hodges was apprenticed, for seven years, to the leading landscape painter, Richard Wilson. Hodges became well known for the sketches and paintings he produced as James Cook's appointed draughtsman during his second expedition to the Pacific Ocean (1772-1775). Form 1778 to 1783 he visited India as a professional painter under the protection of Warren Hastings, The Governor General of the East Indian Company. The most productive period of his Indian sojourn was between 1781 to 1783, when he toured the regions of Bengal and Bihar producing mostly landscape paintings for leading British figures. Hodges Disseration, published in 1787 and dedicated to Hastings, originates from material collected during his Indian tour. The painter's work gives shape and color to landscapes of the non-European world, creating a visual and explicit connection between these unfamiliar territories and the British audience.

FSA A2012.06

Hodges, William, 1744-1797

India

Bengal (India)

Bihar (India)

Item 1

Gift of Elizabeth Moynihan, 2012.

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Books

William Hodges: A Dissertation on the Prototypes of Architectures, Hindoo, Moorish, and Gothic, FSA.A2012.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

One folio in a map drawer.

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Collection is open for research.