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WD149-151, WD4241
- Record Id:
- 032-003282379
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003282379
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0031f6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD149-151, WD4241
- Title:
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LE MESURIER, JOHN (1834-1903) Born Bedford, son of Henry Le Mesurier, Second Master at Bedford Grammar School. Bombay Engineers. Addiscombe 1851; Ch ...
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LE MESURIER, JOHN (1834-1903)
Born Bedford, son of Henry Le Mesurier, Second Master at Bedford Grammar School. Bombay Engineers. Addiscombe 1851; Chatham 1854-5. Arrived India December 1855. Lieutenant 1855; 2nd Captain 1861; Captain 1868; Major 1872; Lieutenant-Colonel 1874; Colonel 1884. Retired as Lieutenant-General 1887. Served with the Persian Field Force during the capture of Bushire, but most of his career was spent in the Irrigation section of the PWD. Appointed Assistant Executive Engineer, Sind, becoming eventually Chief Engineer for Irrigation and Under Secretary (PWD Irrigation) to the Government of Bombay.
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WD149-151
3 architectural drawings. Deposited 30 December 1924.
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WD4241/ff.1-46
Album of fifty-one views, mostly Sind. Original label on cover inscribed in Persian: ‘Kitb Khar’: ‘May God keep my parents alive. A collection of ‘maps’ of Indian States or countries, collected with love. 25 Sawan 1856. Jn Limisar [John Le Mesurier]’. The drawings have been rearranged with the numbers in brackets denoting the original order. The remainder were loose in the album and another four (15, 16, 18, 46) are from a different album.
Purchased 1990.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003282379", "parent" : "#", "text" : "WD149-151, WD4241: LE MESURIER, JOHN (1834-1903) Born Bedford, son of Henry Le Mesurier, Second Master at Bedford Grammar School. Bombay Engineers.…" },{ "id" : "040-003282380", "parent" : "032-003282379", "text" : "WD149: Perspective view of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003282381", "parent" : "032-003282379", "text" : "WD150: Interior of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003282382", "parent" : "032-003282379", "text" : "WD151: Plan of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003282383", "parent" : "032-003282379", "text" : "WD4241: Album of fifty-one views, mostly Sind. Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003282379
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- WD149 : Perspective view of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)
WD150 : Interior of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)
WD151 : Plan of Trinity Church, Karachi (Sind). Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)
WD4241 : Album of fifty-one views, mostly Sind. Artist(s): Le Mesurier, John (1834-1903)
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- 032-003282379
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1884
- Date Range:
- 1853-1884
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Le Mesurier, John, 1834-1903