View near Fort Gwalior, India
Maker
William Hodges
(British, 1744-1797)
Formerformerly attributed to
Richard Wilson
(British, 1714 - 1782)
Additional Title(s)
- Roman Landscape
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1783
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 13 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (34.3 × 48.6 cm.)
frame: 18 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 2 in. (46.4 × 60.3 × 5.1 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThis small oil study depicts Fort Gwalior, a strategic gateway to western India during the second war between the British and the Hindu State of Mysore in 1780–1784. Discouraged by the limited market in Britain for paintings of native scenery, the artist William Hodges went to India and became the first professional landscape painter to travel through the region. In this painting, Hodges alters the actual topography around Fort Gwalior to depict an idyllic landscape in line with the conventions of classical landscape design of his time.Status
Not on viewObject number33.6
