LESTER, JOHN FREDERICK (1825-1915) Born Baroda. Bombay Army. Ensign 1842; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1856; Major 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel 1868. Appoi ...
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LESTER, JOHN FREDERICK (1825-1915) Born Baroda. Bombay Army. Ensign 1842; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1856; Major 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel 1868. Appointed Deputy Collector and Magistrate at Sukkur, 1850; Educational Inspector, Sind, 1856 and Deccan Division, 1857. Transferred to Political Departme...
Album with laid down watercolours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
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Album (ff.1-30) with laid down water-colours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State. Cover lettered in gold: ‘Sketches’ and inscribed inside cover: ‘J.F. Lester’. Drawings various sizes; album 32.5 by 49 cm. f.1 ‘Veerawull, Kattywar. October 186...