Fort at Agra, seen from the river Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.

Shah Jahan was later deposed by his nephew, and imprisoned in the red fort, seen to the right, where he eventually died. His captors had, however, allowed to him to be incarcerated in a room from which he could see the Taj Mahal, further down the river

The red fort at Agra was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan

The Taj Mahal, seen in the distance, was raised by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, known as Mumtaz-i-Mahal, who died in 1629

London (22 Charing Cross) : J. Wells, 1 August 1786.

1 print : soft ground etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, with watercolour ; platemark 32.8 x 47.8 cm.

A view of the fort of Agra, on the river Jumna ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 416.15

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