Ambassador Collection (#3)

Johann Jakob Datt von Tiefenau, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Johann Jakob Datt von Tiefenau, c17th century

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Sir Jung Bahadoor, K.S.I. of Nepaul, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sir Jung Bahadoor, K.S.I. of Nepaul, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Sir Jung Bahadoor, at his first meeting with the Prince [of Wales], came out in very plain style

L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Un ami de toujours: M. Myron T. Herrick, ambassadeur... (1917). Creator: Unknown
L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Un ami de toujours: M. Myron T. Herrick, ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en France, qui se refusa a quitter Paris menace, en septembre 1914

First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo [ie Eddo] - from a sketch by S. J. Gower, 1860. Mr

His Excellency Count Flahaut de la Billarderie, Ambassador from the Emperor of the French... 1860. Creator: Unknown
His Excellency Count Flahaut de la Billarderie, Ambassador from the Emperor of the French to the Court of St. James, 1860

Sir Claude MacDonald, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sir Claude MacDonald, c1900. Portrait of British soldier and diplomat Colonel Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald; British Ambassador to Japan. Engraving after a photograph

Aernout van Citters (1633-96), Ambassador of the Dutch Republic in London, 1700-1753. Creator: Unknown
Aernout van Citters (1633-96), Ambassador of the Dutch Republic in London, 1700-1753

Ferouk Khan, the Persian Ambassador to the Emperor of the French, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Ferouk Khan, the Persian Ambassador to the Emperor of the French, 1857. Portrait of the Envoy now in Paris, sketched from a miniature painted by a Persian artist

Francisco d'Andrade Leitao, delegate from Portugal, 17th century. Creator: Anon
Francisco d'Andrade Leitao, delegate from Portugal, 17th century

David Gloxin, c17th century. Creator: Anon
David Gloxin, c17th century

Dans la Russie des Bolcheviks; L'ambassadeur et les attaches militaires et civils de... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dans la Russie des Bolcheviks; L'ambassadeur et les attaches militaires et civils de l'ambassade de France a Petrograd, 1918

Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins, c1815. Creator: Louis Lafitte
Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins, c1815

Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. The Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC) on his veranda to "dispose of the affairs

The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 1648. Creator: Gerard Terborch II
The Ratification of the Treaty of Munster, 1648

An Ambassador, 1937. Creator: Unknown
An Ambassador, 1937. From "The Coronation of H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth 1937". [John Player & Sons, London, 1937]

Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna o Creator
Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 March 1671, 1671-1675

The Siamese Ambassadors - from photographs by Mayall, 1857. Creator: Smyth
The Siamese Ambassadors - from photographs by Mayall, 1857. The three Ambassadors were not attired in that gorgeous costume to which Orientals have accustomed us; and their lower limbs

Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors, with Presents, by Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors, with Presents, by Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, 1857. The Queen and the Court were assembled in state;

Portrait of Cornelis Haga (1578-1654), c.1645. Creators: Anon, Cornelis Haga
Portrait of Cornelis Haga (1578-1654), c.1645

Presentation of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the Sultan, at Constantinople, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the Sultan, at Constantinople, 1856. Monsieur...Thouvenel went in great state from the French Embassy to the Palace of Tcheragan

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Courtyard of the British Residency, Bushire...1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - Courtyard of the British Residency, Bushire [Bushehr] - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

Banquet to Her Majesty's Ministers at the Mansion House, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Banquet to Her Majesty's Ministers at the Mansion House, 1857....the Lord Mayor entertained [future British prime minister] Lord Palmerston in the Egyptian Hall...The company included his

Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c.1727-c.1730. Creator: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c.1727-c.1730

The Meal in Honour of Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen, c.1727-c.1730. Creator: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
The Meal in Honour of Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen, c.1727-c.1730. Other Title(s): The Meal presented to Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen by the Grand Vizier in the name of Sultan Ahmed III

Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c.1727-c.1730. Creator: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Cornelis Calkoen on his Way to his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III, c.1727-c.1730

Ambassador Baron Erik Magnus Staal von Holstein (1749-1802), 1792. Creator: Nicolas Lavreince
Ambassador Baron Erik Magnus Stael von Holstein (1749-1802), 1792

Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam Falck, 1772. Creator: Carel Frederik Reimer
Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam [sic] Falck, 1772. Iman Willem Falck, Governor of Zeylan (Dutch Ceylon, now Sri Lanka)

View of Smyrna (Izmir) and the Reception Given to Consul de Hochepied (1657-1723) in the Council Cha Creator: Anon
View of Smyrna (Izmir) and the Reception Given to Consul de Hochepied (1657-1723) in the Council Chamber, c.1687-1723

An Ambassador's Audience with Sultan Ahmed III (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen), 1737-1744. Creator: Anon
An Ambassador's Audience with Sultan Ahmed III (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen), 1737-1744

An Ambassador's Audience with the Grand Vizier in his Yali on the Bosporus (Ambassador Cornelis Calk Creator: Anon)
An Ambassador's Audience with the Grand Vizier in his Yali on the Bosporus (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen, 12 August 1727), 1700-1800

Portrait of Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764). Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople (Istanb Creator)
Portrait of Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764). Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople (Istanbul), 1725-1737

The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan, 1653-1659. Creator: Jan Baptist Weenix
The Dutch Ambassador on his Way to Isfahan, 1653-1659

Johan Paul Graaf van Limburg Stirum, Governor-General, 1920. Creator: M. Loebell
Johan Paul Graaf van Limburg Stirum, Governor-General, 1920. Johan Paul, Count of Limburg-Stirum (1873-1948) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1916-1921

M. Myron T. Herrick, c1914. Creator: Unknown
M. Myron T. Herrick, c1914. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Reception of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria by Prince Napoleon, at the Strasbourg Railway Termin Creator: Unknown
Reception of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria by Prince Napoleon, at the Strasbourg Railway Terminus, at Paris, 1856. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, brother of the Emperor of Austria

State Banquet given by the Emperor of the French to the Peace Plenipotentiaries, at the Tuileries, 1 Creator: Unknown
State Banquet given by the Emperor of the French to the Peace Plenipotentiaries, at the Tuileries, [Paris], 1856. Ending of the Crimean War

Portrait of Johannes Camprich van Cronefelt, Knight of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Imperial German Ambassador to The Hague, 1679-1687

The Peace Plenipotentiaries - from a photograph by Mayer Brothers, and Pierson, of Paris, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Plenipotentiaries - from a photograph by Mayer Brothers, and Pierson, of Paris, 1856. The Treaty of Paris brought an end to the Crimean War between the Russian Empire

Review of the British-Italian Legion, at Novara, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Review of the British-Italian Legion, at Novara, 1856. This highly-efficient force is now composed of four regiments, each numbering one thousand and seventy strong; the entire nearly equipped

The Ball given by the Minister of the United States, at the Hotel du Louvre, Paris, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Ball given by the Minister of the United States, at the Hotel du Louvre, Paris, 1856. Party...in commemoration of the anniversary of Washington's birthday - the 22nd of February

Plenipotentiaries at the Peace Conference: The Earl of Clarendon (England), Baron de Bourqueney (Fra Creator: Unknown)
Plenipotentiaries at the Peace Conference: The Earl of Clarendon (England), Baron de Bourqueney (France), 1856. Well versed in the politics of Europe and of England

L'entrée de l'Italie dans la Guerre, le 24 mai 1915; M de Bulow et la princesse de Bulow, 1915
L'entree de l'Italie dans la Guerre, le 24 mai 1915; M de Bulow, a gauche, la princess de Bulow'. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris

Biddle, A.J. Drexel, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Nov. 20. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Biddle, A.J. Drexel, Mr. portrait photograph, 1916 Nov. 20

The Honorable Charles Pergler, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 28. Creator: Arnold Genthe
The Honorable Charles Pergler, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 28. Karel (or Charles) Pergler, Czech-American lawyer, journalist, diplomat and politician

Henry Prather Fletcher, Member of Parliament And Ambassador, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Henry P. Fletcher, Member of Parliament And Ambassador, 1913. Ambassador To Chile 1909; Ambassador To Mexico 1916; also served as Ambassador to Italy, Luxembourg and Belgium

Dr. Paul Ritter, E.E. and M.P. from Switzerland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dr. Paul Ritter, E.E. and M.P
Dr. Paul Ritter, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Switzerland, 1917. Swiss Ambassador to the United States

A. Schliemann, E.E. and M.P. from Greece, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. A. Schliemann, E.E. and M.P
Agamemnon Schliemann, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Greece, 1915. Greek ambassador to the United States. Son of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann

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