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WD3549
- Record Id:
- 040-003977913
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003282384
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133316935.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143420058.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3549
- Title:
- 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)
- Scope & Content:
- 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 1865’. 11.3 by 24.5 cm. f.2 ‘Temples at Ghatwur. Kattywar. Singorah River. November 1865’. 17 by 24.5 cm. f.3 ‘My Camp at Dholassa (Kattywar). February 1866’. 25.3 by 36 cm. f.4 ‘My Camp at Korenar. Kattywar. November 1865’. 17.2 by 24.7 cm. f.5 ‘Surjoodass. Sadoo of Jeypore. A Sketch from life at Korenar. 14 December 1865’. 24.5 by 27.2 cm. f.6 ‘Sketch from my Tents at Akala, Kattywar. 13th January 1869’. 15.4 by 23.3 cm. f.7 ‘Mahableshwur. December 1868’. 30.2 by 45.5 cm. f.8 ‘Umreilly, Kattywar. The Eastern Gateway. 24 February 1869’. 20.5 by 32 cm. f.9a ‘Beejapore. Jumma Musjid in the distance. 1st December 1857’. 14 by 22.5 cm. f.9b ‘Temples on the Girnar March 1857’. 17.7 by 25 cm. f.10 ‘Palitana. 5 May 1868’. 25.2 by 17.5 cm. f.11 ‘Joolsesham in the Gheer. Kattywar. Hot Springs, 6th April 1869’. 22.5 by 31.5 cm. f.12 ‘Interior of the Temple at Somnath Kattywar. 4 January 1857. Fanny Keatinge sketching and Col. W. Anderson reading’. 26 by 36.2 cm. f.13 ‘Wurteyj. Kattywar. 9th January 1869. Sketch from the Traveller’s Bungalow’. 19.2 by 30.6 cm. f.14 ‘Vehar Lake near Bombay 25 March 1870 - (our picnic day’). 23 by 32 cm. f.15 ‘Bombay - The Esplanade and Colaba in the distance. March 1870 (from the top of Watson’s Hotel). Our Tents in the foreground on the left, Lighthouse and St John’s Church. Colaba in the distance. Band Stand’. 19.5 by 45.5 cm. f.16 ‘Holkar’s Bridge near Kirkee (Poonah) during a flood. 28 July 1870’. 20.5 by 28.5 cm. f.17 Inscribed on reverse: ‘Bombay Esplanade from our Tents. March 1870’. 19 by 44.5 cm. f.18 ‘A Street in the City of Poonah. 29th August 1871. George Hogg with me’. 23.3 by 32.3 cm. f.19 ‘A Sketch in the suburbs of the City of Poonah. September 1871’. 20.5 by 35.2 cm. f.20 ‘The Jakkat Mahal and Bridge City of Poonah. 9th October 1871’. 23 by 32 cm. f.21 ‘Sketch from the Verandah of Mount Malcolm (the Bishop’s House) Mahableshwar. 8th November 1871’. 21 by 45.5 cm. f.22 ‘Saddleback (Mukrangurh) - a sketch from the new road below Carnac and Falkland Points - Mahableshwar. 4th November 1871’. 23.3 by 32.3 cm. f.23 ‘Mahableshwar. Sydney and Elphinstone Points from Elphinstone Cottage. 14 November 1871’. 30 by 45 cm. f.24 ‘The Church - Mahableshwar. November 1871’. 20 by 45 cm. f.25 ‘Mahableshwar. Church and Beckwith Monument. Sketch from a point off the road near the Lake. 23rd November 1871’. 17 by 29.8 cm. f.26 ‘A Camel Sowar - Sketch at Cawnpore (with Mrs Gordon). 17 February 1874’. 33.5 by 21.2 cm. f.27a. ‘Poonah. A street in the suburbs of the City. 13 September 1871’. 11 by 20 cm. f.27b. ‘Aden. Sketch from the deck of the P&O Steamer ‘Hydaspes’. Jibbul Shumshan in the distance. 27th February 1873’. 17.3 by 24.8 cm. f.28 ‘The Temple and Tank at Wullawul. Savant Wari State, 14th May 1877’. 24.5 by 34.5 cm. f.29 ‘My house at Sawant Wari. Mrs James Richey with me when I sketched this’. 34.8 by 24.6 cm. f.30 Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Forts of Munohur and Munsurtosh Savant, Wari State 1871. One of my best sketches of the historic picturesque Forts at the taking of which I was present in Outram’s Brigade, 1844-45’. 17.4 by 32.5 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003282384
040-003977913 - Is part of:
- WD3548-3549 : LESTER, JOHN FREDERICK (1825-1915) Born Baroda. Bombay Army. Ensign 1842; Lieutenant 1846; Captain 1856; Major 1862;…
WD3549 : Album with laid down watercolours made between 1865 and 1877 in Kathiawar, Bombay, Poona, Mahabaleshwar and Savantvadi State.… - Contains:
- WD3549(1) : Veerawull, Kattywar. October 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(2) : Temples at Ghatwur. Kattywar. Singorah River. November 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(3) : My Camp at Dholassa (Kattywar). February 1866. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(4) : My Camp at Korenar. Kattywar. November 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(5) : Surjoodass. Sadoo of Jeypore. A Sketch from life at Korenar. 14 December 1865. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(6) : Sketch from my Tents at Akala, Kattywar. 13th January 1869. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(7) : Mahableshwur. December 1868. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(8) : Umreilly, Kattywar. The Eastern Gateway. 24 February 1869. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(9a) : Beejapore. Jumma Musjid in the distance. 1st December 1857. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(9b) : Temples on the Girnar March 1857. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(10) : Palitana. 5 May 1868. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(11) : Joolsesham in the Gheer. Kattywar. Hot Springs, 6th April 1869. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(12) : Interior of the Temple at Somnath Kattywar. 4 January 1857. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(13) : Wurteyj. Kattywar. 9th January 1869. Sketch from the Traveller’s Bungalow. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(14) : Vehar Lake near Bombay. 25 March 1870. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(15) : Bombay - The Esplanade and Colaba in the distance. March 1870. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(16) : Holkar’s Bridge near Kirkee. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(17) : Bombay Esplanade from our Tents. March 1870. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(18) : A Street in the City of Poonah. 29th August 1871. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(19) : A Sketch in the suburbs of the City of Poonah. September 1871. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(20) : The Jakkat Mahal and Bridge City of Poonah. 9th October 1871. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(21) : Sketch from the Verandah of Mount Malcolm. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(22) : Saddleback. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(23) : Mahableshwar. Sydney and Elphinstone Points from Elphinstone Cottage. 14 November 1871. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
WD3549(24) : The Church - Mahableshwar. November 1871. Artist(s): Lester, John Frederick (1825-1915)
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- 032-003282384[0005]/040-003977913
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3548-3549
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1865
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- 1865-1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Album laid down with watercolours (ff. 1-30). Album 32.5 by 49 cm.
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Lester, John Frederick, 1825-1915
- Subjects:
- Architecture
topographical views
town views
travel scenes