Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.

Chunar or Chunargarh was the favourite residence of Warren Hastings, governor-general of India. Hastings was also Hodges' patron

The sandstone rock upon which Chunar is situated was also the major source of building material for the city of Varanasi

20 May 1785.

1 print : line etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32 x 47.8 cm.

A view of the north end of Chunar Gar ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges

Two other impressions of this image, both with watercolour, exist in the collection

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.2

Wellcome Collection 26790i