Select Views in India drawn on the Spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783

£950 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

William Hodges produced some of the earliest views of India by an English artist. Hodges had been draughtsman on Cook's second voyage of 1772-5, and oversaw the engraving of the plates for the published account A Voyage towards the South Pole and around the World of 1777. He then travelled in India under the patronage of Warren Hastings and these views are said to have inspired Humboldt to travel. Fine aquatint plate printed in bistre: image size 45.5 x 28.5 cm, mounted size 65 x49.5 cm. Abbey (Travel) 416, Tooley 263

• Binding: Hardcover

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