Description
Original Vanity Fair print 1905 of Major William Eden Evans Gordon
Published: 11th May 1905. Original Vanity Fair Print with the caption: The Alien Immigrant
Evans-Gordon was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 67th Foot on 15 January 1877. He transferred on 3 July to the Madras Staff Corps of the Indian Army, attached to the 41st Madras Native Infantry in 1880 as Wing Officer and Quartermaster. From November 1881— December 1883 he was extra ADC to the Governor of Madras, M. E. Grant Duff, serving as Wing Officer and Quartermaster in 1883 with the 8th Madras Native Infantry. In 1884, Evans Gordon served under the Foreign Department attached to 1st Regt. Central India Horse (Mayne’s Horse) in Guna. During the joint Russo-British Afghan Boundary Commission 1885–1887 under Colonel Joseph West Ridgeway, he was busy working as Boundary Settlement Officer and Assistant in charge of Banswara State and Pratapgarh.
Dimensions approximately 23cm x 35cm. Overseas buyers, please do not buy without contacting us to agree shipping costs.Signed by: SPY, Leslie Ward
This print has been lightly trimmed. Will mount and frame. Comes with original biographical sheet.
